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A campaign from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is requesting that lawmakers approve a yearly $10 million investment towards the state’s Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program.

One of Kentucky’s leading health advocates says a 50 cent increase in the state’s cigarette tax is beginning to pay dividends.A poll commissioned by the…

In 2014, about one in four teens nationwide reported smoking an e-cigarette, which are lauded y the vaping industry as a safer alternative to cigarettes.…

On the heels of a record year for lobbyist spending, Kentucky businesses and organizations spent an all-time high of $2.6 t million dollars in the first…

Hundreds of kids scurrying to buses are oblivious to a sign above them declaring Bourbon County High School “100 percent Tobacco Free.” But upstairs in…

More than two dozen health organizations are promoting the physical benefits found soon after quitting smoking. They did so Wednesday in announcing the…

The bill would prevent insurers from charging co-pays, requiring prior authorization or step therapy to gain access to smoking cessation benefits.

The Kentucky senate voted Wednesday to make all public school campuses tobacco free Bill Sponsor Dr. Ralph Alvarado told senators Kentucky’s youth smoking…