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The Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow is a diverse group of stakeholders who have formed a statewide organization speaking with a single voice to improve Kentucky’s health by reducing tobacco use and protecting Kentuckians from the dangers of secondhand smoke and other tobacco-related emissions.

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Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow: Legislature Adopts Tobacco 21 Bill

March 19, 2020

(FRANKFORT, Ky - March 19, 2020) Kentucky's House of Representatives today adopted "tobacco 21" legislation; the bill already passed the Senate and will soon be headed to Gov. Beshear's desk. Senate Bill 56 would conform Kentucky statutes to the new federal law ra...

Coalition Alert: 40% Budget Cut Could Eliminate Many Local Tobacco Prevention/Cessation Programs

March 11, 2020

For Immediate Release

(FRANKFORT, Ky - March 11, 2020) The Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow today alerted Kentucky Senators to a proposed 40 percent cut in what already was a declining state budget (HB352) to prevent tobacco use - including youth e-cigarette use - in the Commonwealth. Th...

Why Won’t Health Advocates Leave the Vaping Industry Alone?

February 3, 2020

By Ben Chandler, Terry Brooks, Ed.D., Ashli Watts and Brent Wright, M.D.

Manufacturers and retailers who sell Juul and other brands of e-cigarettes, or “vapes,” wonder why health advocates won’t just leave them alone. We have at least three reasons: Kids, kids and kids.

Kentucky teens are using e-cigarettes at three times the rate of adu...

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