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06/19/13 County: Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, McCracken, McCreary, McLean, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe

Smoke? You’re likely spending $2,237 per year

CINCINNATI.COM| CAITLIN KNOX| JUNE 14, 2013 Kentucky’s health commissioner told lawmakers this week that a typical smoker in the state spent $2,237on cigarettes last year. It’s a statistic that keeps Kentucky No. 1 for the highest rate of smoking in the nation, according to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. Dr. Stephanie Mayfield, health [...]

06/19/13 County: Graves

W. Ky. city discussing smoking ban

PADUCAH SUN| UNKNOWN| JUNE 11. 2013

Officials in Mayfield have given preliminary approval to a ban on smoking in public places.
The Paducah Sun (http://bit.ly/116DBmt ) reports the City Council voted 6-4 to pass the measure on Monday, but it requires a second vote before it is final.

06/12/13 County: Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Carter, Casey, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, KENTUCKY, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, McCracken, McCreary, McLean, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford

Over 34 percent of Kentucky covered by smoke-free laws, lawmakers told Read more: Floyd County Times (KY) – Over 34 percent of Kentucky covered by smoke free laws lawmakers told

Floyd County Times| June 11,2013

A little over 34 percent of Kentuckians are covered by local smoke-free laws that ban smoking in workplaces and enclosed public places or buildings open to the public, state tobacco prevention and cessation officials told state lawmakers last week.

05/08/13 County: Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Fayette, Henderson, Hopkins, Logan, McCracken, Muhlenberg, Warren, Webster

Health Department to Offer Smoking Cessation Classes

SURFKENTUCKY.COM| KEVIN HALL |MAY 8, 2013 The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is offering another round of classes designed to help people stop smoking.

04/24/13 County: KENTUCKY

Tobacco is still hanging in as viable Kentucky crop; state still largest burley producer in U.S

KY FORWARD | TIM THORNBERRY | APRIL 24, 2013 In many circles, tobacco is a dirty word. The medical profession wants it outlawed, the federal government wanted regulatory control over it and got it, and opponents want it banned from every U.S. trade agreement that exists. But despite declines and efforts against it, the tobacco industry has endured over the last decade and is still important to Kentucky’s economy. The state remains the largest burley tobacco producer in the country. Last year state producers grew 148 million pounds of the slightly more than 202 million pounds of U.S. burley tobacco.