Health News
- Elementary-school Students Prompt Middlesboro Smoking Ban
UPDATE, May 20: The council passed the ban with one member opposing it. Gary Mills said, ?I don?t think it?s the government?s right to intrude on businesses owned by individuals. If the public doesn?t like it, they won?t come. . . . This is too intrusive...
- Leaders In Mayfield, A Town With A Rich Tobacco Heritage, Approve Smoking Ban
UPDATE, July 9: The ban passed 5-4 on second reading. It will take effect in 2014 and "excludes spaces used primarily for sleeping such as hotels, hospices or nursing homes, rooms designated for social functions and separate smoke-proof enclosures with...
- Hopkinsville Mayor Breaks Tie To Pass Citywide Smoking Ban
After a six months of public debate, private wrangling and at least one serious local editorial page flaying, the Hopkinsville City Council narrowly passed a citywide smoking ban Tuesday night. The original ordinance that came before the council at its...
- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- In 11-1 Vote, Somerset Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban ordinance, reports Heather Tomlinson of the Commonwealth Journal. (C-J photo) ...
Health News
Williamsburg in line to pass smoking ban next month
An ordinance imposing a smoking ban in Williamsburg is ready for a City Council vote. The council listened Monday to the first reading of the ordinance, required before a vote, which could follow the second reading, planned for Feb. 11. If approved, the ban would take effect immediately, reports Mark White of the Corbin-Whitley News Journal.
The new ordinance says ?Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed areas within all enclosed buildings open to the public and within places of employment,? reports John Ross of The Times-Tribune of Corbin. ?Enclosed buildings? includes libraries, bars, bingo houses, child- and adult-care facilities, public and private educational facilities, gaming facilities, restaurants, pool halls, lobby areas and hallways in all multi-residential buildings, such as apartments and condominiums, and hotels and motels, Ross reports. In December 2011, the Corbin City Commission implemented a ban that prohibits smoking in similar locations and within 25 feet of main entrances and exits.
Ross's account of the meeting included no negative comments. Mayor Roddy Harrison said, ?I know both sides of the issue ? but our job is to protect everybody.? Harrison said he found extensive research to back up the negative effects of secondhand cigarette smoke while researching the ordinance.
The new ordinance says ?Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed areas within all enclosed buildings open to the public and within places of employment,? reports John Ross of The Times-Tribune of Corbin. ?Enclosed buildings? includes libraries, bars, bingo houses, child- and adult-care facilities, public and private educational facilities, gaming facilities, restaurants, pool halls, lobby areas and hallways in all multi-residential buildings, such as apartments and condominiums, and hotels and motels, Ross reports. In December 2011, the Corbin City Commission implemented a ban that prohibits smoking in similar locations and within 25 feet of main entrances and exits.
Ross's account of the meeting included no negative comments. Mayor Roddy Harrison said, ?I know both sides of the issue ? but our job is to protect everybody.? Harrison said he found extensive research to back up the negative effects of secondhand cigarette smoke while researching the ordinance.
- Elementary-school Students Prompt Middlesboro Smoking Ban
UPDATE, May 20: The council passed the ban with one member opposing it. Gary Mills said, ?I don?t think it?s the government?s right to intrude on businesses owned by individuals. If the public doesn?t like it, they won?t come. . . . This is too intrusive...
- Leaders In Mayfield, A Town With A Rich Tobacco Heritage, Approve Smoking Ban
UPDATE, July 9: The ban passed 5-4 on second reading. It will take effect in 2014 and "excludes spaces used primarily for sleeping such as hotels, hospices or nursing homes, rooms designated for social functions and separate smoke-proof enclosures with...
- Hopkinsville Mayor Breaks Tie To Pass Citywide Smoking Ban
After a six months of public debate, private wrangling and at least one serious local editorial page flaying, the Hopkinsville City Council narrowly passed a citywide smoking ban Tuesday night. The original ordinance that came before the council at its...
- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- In 11-1 Vote, Somerset Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban ordinance, reports Heather Tomlinson of the Commonwealth Journal. (C-J photo) ...