August’s Our Healthy Kentucky Home campaign focuses on preventing and treating tobacco use
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The focus of August’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is preventing and treating tobacco…
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Statewide program supports smoke-free policy, recognizes champions, including OneNKY Alliance
The University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy and the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program celebrated…
Freedom from Smoking program leads long-time smoker Teresa Cecil to monumental milestone
St. Elizabeth Healthcare A pack-a-day smoker for many years, Teresa Cecil is celebrating a monumental milestone: eight years smoke-free. “I…
Smoking while pregnant: learn more about the risks and why you are putting yourself, baby at risk
By Nancy Baker Childmode For women, pregnancy is a perfect time to quit smoking. Smoking cessation during pregnancy will help…
Poor adults on Medicaid more likely to quit smoking but only 15% of KY smokers use cessation benefit
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Low-income adults who gained health insurance under the expansion of Medicaid like Kentucky and…