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The Kentucky state Senate is poised to pass a bill that would restore funds to several programs associated with the 1998 tobacco settlement. Revenue from the tobacco settlement has flagged as fewer people have bought cigarettes in the state, leading
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A Kentucky health group is lauding an announcement that state-owned properties will be going tobacco-free.Governor Beshear last week issued an executive…
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Scientists now think the entire outbreak in West Africa was triggered by one person and then the virus took off from there. Early signs pointed to a little boy in southern Guinea.
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Drugs in development to treat Ebola virus are far from being ready for general use, but that hasn't stopped investors from rushing to talk up companies that are trying to develop the drugs.
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The Hopkins County school board is considering a proposal to ban all forms of tobacco from school property and vehicles for students, faculty, and…
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Kentucky will receive about $110 million from an agreement between the state and tobacco companies over the state’s mishandling of tobacco funds dating…
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This spring’s wet weather may have a detrimental effect on the fall’s tobacco crop.Calloway County Agriculture Extension Agent Matt Chadwick says most…
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By law, the only piece of legislation that the 2014 Kentucky General Assembly had to pass was a two-year state budget. All else, as Will Rogers put it, is…
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The company's 7,600 pharmacies will remove cigarettes and other tobacco products from their shelves by Oct. 1. The decision should "help people on their path to better health," says CVS CEO Larry Merlo.
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Kentucky received straight Fs on the 2014 “State of Tobacco Control” report published Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The study looked at four…