smoking ban

Mayfield City Council Passes Smoking Ban Ordinance First Reading

Whitney Jones — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:09:48 +0000

The Mayfield City Council has passed the first reading of a city-wide smoking ban ordinance with a 6-4 vote. Mayor Teresa Cantrell says yesterday’s vote is the first step to ban smoking in public places like restaurants and other businesses.

“We’ve been working on this for a little over a year and we did a community poll and it was overwhelmingly in support,” she says.

Mayfield Considers Smoking Ban

Whitney Jones — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:21:20 +0000

The City of Mayfield could possibly ban smoking in public. This comes after a statewide ban failed in the Kentucky House.

Mayor Teresa Cantrell says there’s wide community support for a smoking ban. She says a public survey showed only 2 out of the 70 respondents were against a ban. Cantrell says a smoking ban wouldn’t just benefit a business’s patrons.

Statewide Smoking Ban Supporters Make Second Pitch to Kentucky Legislators

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:01:15 +0000

Supporters of a statewide smoking ban in Kentucky are once again trying to persuade a House committee to pass the the legislation this session. The House Judiciary Committee is the second committee—after House Health and Welfare—to hear the smoking ban bill sponsored by State Rep. Susan Westrom, a Lexington Democrat.

Smoking Ban Bill Not Likely to Get Out of House

Whitney Jones and The Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:19:05 +0000

Legislation that would institute a statewide smoking ban in restaurants and other public places has been sent to the House Judiciary Committee for further review, making it unlikely to pass this legislative session.

House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he doesn't expect the measure to make it back to the full House for consideration. The bill has proven divisive in Kentucky, one of the nation's top tobacco-producing states.

Former Wildcat Derek Anderson, Gov. Steve Beshear Join Rally for Statewide Smoking Ban

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:24:16 +0000

Supporters of a statewide smoking ban brought high-profile help from the world of sports while rallying Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda for their cause.

Public Support for KY State-Wide Smoking Ban Rises

Whitney Jones, Todd Hatton and The Associated Press — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:04:12 +0000

A new poll shows more than half of Kentuckians interviewed last fall support a state law to ban smoking in indoor public places. The poll from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati finds about 6 out of 10 would support such a ban. That’s up from fewer than half of those polled in 2010. However, the measure isn’t getting much political support because so much of the region depends on tobacco farming.

Poll Shows Increased Support for Statewide Smoking Ban

Kenny Colston (KPR) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:46:24 +0000

For the second year in a row, a poll shows a majority of Kentucky favor a statewide smoking ban.

Last year the poll, conducted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, showed a majority favored a ban for the first time.

KPR's Colston Sets Up 2013 Kentucky Legislative Session

Chad Lampe — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:58:11 +0000

Pension reform, updating liquor laws, expanded gaming, a state-wide smoking ban and legalizing the production of industrial hemp are just a few issues Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Bureau Chief Kenny Colston thinks will be on the agenda for this year's legislative session in Frankfort. Colston speaks with Chad Lampe about the details surrounding some of those issues and who will fill retiring Sen. Ken Winters's (R-Murray) seat on the senate education committee. Plus, hear if there are any hard feeling between Sen. Bob Leeper (I-Paducah) and Senate President-elect Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) after his failed attempt at seeking the top post in the Senate.

Madisonville Hospital Bans Smoking

Whitney Jones and The Associated Press — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:22:13 +0000

Hospital patients, employees and visitors will be banned from smoking, using chewing tobacco and puffing on electronic cigarettes at Baptist Hospital Madisonville and its various campuses around western Kentucky. The hospital is implementing the new rule on Tuesday. Hospital CEO Bert Whitaker says both patients and visitors have objected to entering the hospital through a cloud of cigarette smoke that wafted over from nearby smoking areas.

Hopkinsville Community College to Ban Smoking

Whitney Jones and The Kentucky New Era — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:36:46 +0000

Hopkinsville Community College is going tobacco-free policy starting Jan. 1. Smoking has long been prohibited in HCC buildings, but the college created four designated smoking areas on campus in 2008. The Hopkinsville City council enacted a city-wide smoking ban in October and HCC President Jim Selbe tells The Kentucky New Era their smoking areas would’ve violated the ban.