Smoking costs the state more than $6.14 for every pack sold. Research shows that significant increases in the price of tobacco will prevent children from becoming lifelong tobacco users.

As a physician who works with cancer patients every day, I see the devastating toll...

(LOUISVILLE, Ky – April 4, 2017) After three years of holding steady at about 66 percent, support for a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law among adults queried in the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) jumped five points over the past year to 71 percent. Tha...

Gov. Matt Bevin has signed Senate 89 into law. Kentucky law now will require health insurance plans offered in the Commonwealth to provide coverage for all FDA-approved tobacco cessation medications, as well as tobacco cessation programs recommended by the U.S. Prevent...