Category: TOBACCO

Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products in Kentucky to 21, in compliance with federal law, passes first hurdle

Kendall Tubbs, Bonnie Hackbarth and Sen. Ralph Alvarado spoke for a bill to raise Kentucky’s legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By...

By Al Cross Published January 17, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO
Smoke-free advocates rally at state Capitol for three measures to decrease soaring youth use of electronic cigarettes

Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rally at state Capitol —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rallied in Frankfort Jan. 14 to call...

By Al Cross Published January 15, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO
Health issues poll: 75% of Ky. adults support tax on e-cigarettes; highest rate of use is in younger adults; about half recognize harm

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that three out of four Kentucky adults support taxing electronic cigarettes, which is the only tobacco product...

By Al Cross Published January 15, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO
Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...

By Al Cross Published January 13, 2020 FEATURED, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH
State officials announce first death from ‘vaping’ in Kentucky

Kentucky health officials have reported the state’s first probable death related to use of electronic cigarettes. The commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela Dearinger, said the death...

By Al Cross Published January 13, 2020 FEATURED, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH
State has texting programs to help young people stop ‘vaping;’ experts say only 5 of 100 smokers are able to quit on their own

WebMD photo —– The abrupt change in the legal age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, has likely resulted in many to people 18, 19 and 20 being cut off...

By Al Cross Published January 13, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH
Harvard study finds toxin in Juul pods that is known to cause long-term lung damage; highest in flavors not nixed by new FDA ban

CNN image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study at Harvard University found that electronic cigarette products made by Juul Labs had a microbial toxin that can cause long-term lung damage. The...

By Al Cross Published January 10, 2020 FEATURED, TOBACCO
FDA bans sale of most flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes; menthol flavor still allowed, against health advocates’ advice

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...

By Al Cross Published January 5, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH
New legal age of 21 to buy tobacco products surprises some; anti-smoking leaders say it won’t thwart teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...

By Al Cross Published January 5, 2020 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH
Ky. legislative leaders talk favorably of taxing electronic cigarettes

By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsElectronic cigarettes, which escaped taxation in the General Assembly last year and were then labeled an epidemic among teenagers, are in line to get taxed when...

By Al Cross Published December 28, 2019 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO

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