Tobacco Products

Clyde Miller has the dubious distinction of being the first inmate in the Lincoln County Regional Jail busted for having cigarettes in his cell. Smoking and the possession of tobacco products by inmates and staff at the Lincoln County Regional jail was banned earlier this month, said Jailer David Gooch. Neither inmates nor jail staff members are allowed to enter the jail with any tobacco products in their possession. Matches and lighters are also taboo. "We have had very few problems with any inmate wanting to bring tobacco products into our facility," Mr. Gooch said.

Two Casey High students expelled LIBERTY - Two Casey County High School students were expelled Monday from class for the remainder of this school year. The county Board of Education expelled the 14- and 17-year-old boys during an executive session. Superintendent Linda Hatter said the 14-year-old freshman boy reportedly used a cigarette lighter to singe a girl's hair. The girl was not injured. The 17-year-old junior boy allegedly had a controlled substance, tobacco products and a lighter in his possession, said Hatter.

Oct. 11, 1987 Sophomore halfback Eric Robertson of the George Rogers Clark Cardinals pulled down a pass as junior Shawn Elliott of Corbin defended Friday night in Corbin. The Cards dropped a 25-24 decision to the Redhounds. Helen Hayes will visit Lexington in October to help the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts launch its first fund drive. Miss Hayes will be the guest artist at a benefit performance for the college on Wednesday, Oct. 21. LOUISVILLE (AP)¿ - The tobacco industry is expected to experience its biggest cigarette production year since 1982 due to a dramatic increase in 1987 exports.

FRANKFORT The Cabinet for Health and Family Services has released results from the 2006 Kentucky Youth Tobacco Survey (KYTS) that show a continued decline in youth smoking rates statewide and an encouraging change in young people's attitudes about smoking and the use of tobacco products. Efforts to promote healthy lifestyle choices, including avoiding the harmful effects of tobacco, are connecting with more Kentucky teenagers, according to the survey conducted by the Department for Public Health (DPH)

A coalition of some of Kentucky's most prominent health advocates and organizations last week delivered a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear urging the state to fully fund a Medicaid smoking cessation program in the state. Kentucky's legislature passed HB 337 in 2007, which created, but never funded, a comprehensive smoking cessation program that included counseling and medicines. Although Kentucky has more than 285,000 smokers on Medicaid and has one of the highest adult smoking and smoking-related death rates in the country, it is one of only five states that don't offer such a program.

The Nicholasville City Commission passed the first reading of an ordinance that will require all who serve alcohol and tobacco products to attend mandatory training during its special-called meeting Monday afternoon. Nicholasville Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator Frank Hubbard first pitched the plan to the commission back in early January. Since that time, Hubbard has fine-tuned the plan using ordinances from other communities as a model and has met with various people who sell those products.

A coalition of some of Kentucky's most prominent health advocates and organizations last week delivered a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear urging the state to fully fund a Medicaid smoking cessation program in the state. The Kentucky legislature passed HB 337 in 2007, which created, but never funded, a comprehensive smoking cessation program that included counseling and medicines. Although Kentucky has more than 285,000 smokers on Medicaid and has among the highest adult smoking and smoking-related death rates in the country, it is one of only five states that don't offer such a program.

Dear Editor, Cigarette smoking is not illegal - neither by state or federal law. It is prohibited in certain places which, by the way, makes perfect sense. My contention is with the coat-tailers who jump on the no-smoking bandwagon and profess how cigarette smoking annoys them. I read in these personal editorials the attempt to demean anyone who does smoke. Yet I do not see these same people writing letters to the editor to show their disgust with the illicit and illegal drug proliferation in our communities.

The city of Wilmore has often been compared to the fictional town Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. Like Mayberry, Wilmore has its folksy police chief and its version of Wally’s Filling Station with Clucker’s and the “Y” gas station. And it also has its version of Foley’s Grocery in the form of Fitch’s IGA Foodliners, located in the heart of town. And for nearly 55 years, current owner Leonard Fitch’s family has owned and operated the store despite mounting odds from dips in the economy and the advent of megastores like Kroger, Walmart and Sam’s Club.

Dear Editor: I want to personally thank each of our city commissioners for making the best decision for our community and the city of Danville by voting to pass a smoking ban for all city-owned property. I also wanted my thanks to be a public one because I think it is important for the people of Danville to recognize what a good decision this is and that it means progress for our community in ways that may not be evident to them. Clean, healthy air is just as much a reflection on our progressive, friendly community as clean roadsides, reasonable taxes, an educated work force and pleasant green spaces when it comes to attracting new businesses and citizens.

Oct. 11, 1987 Sophomore halfback Eric Robertson of the George Rogers Clark Cardinals pulled down a pass as junior Shawn Elliott of Corbin defended Friday night in Corbin. The Cards dropped a 25-24 decision to the Redhounds. Helen Hayes will visit Lexington in October to help the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts launch its first fund drive. Miss Hayes will be the guest artist at a benefit performance for the college on Wednesday, Oct. 21. LOUISVILLE (AP)¿ - The tobacco industry is expected to experience its biggest cigarette production year since 1982 due to a dramatic increase in 1987 exports.

The city of Wilmore has often been compared to the fictional town Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. Like Mayberry, Wilmore has its folksy police chief and its version of Wally’s Filling Station with Clucker’s and the “Y” gas station. And it also has its version of Foley’s Grocery in the form of Fitch’s IGA Foodliners, located in the heart of town. And for nearly 55 years, current owner Leonard Fitch’s family has owned and operated the store despite mounting odds from dips in the economy and the advent of megastores like Kroger, Walmart and Sam’s Club.

A coalition of some of Kentucky's most prominent health advocates and organizations last week delivered a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear urging the state to fully fund a Medicaid smoking cessation program in the state. Kentucky's legislature passed HB 337 in 2007, which created, but never funded, a comprehensive smoking cessation program that included counseling and medicines. Although Kentucky has more than 285,000 smokers on Medicaid and has one of the highest adult smoking and smoking-related death rates in the country, it is one of only five states that don't offer such a program.

A coalition of some of Kentucky's most prominent health advocates and organizations last week delivered a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear urging the state to fully fund a Medicaid smoking cessation program in the state. The Kentucky legislature passed HB 337 in 2007, which created, but never funded, a comprehensive smoking cessation program that included counseling and medicines. Although Kentucky has more than 285,000 smokers on Medicaid and has among the highest adult smoking and smoking-related death rates in the country, it is one of only five states that don't offer such a program.

Proper nutrition of tobacco is a prerequisite for achieving high yields of cured leaf possessing desirable marketing characteristics. Together with the variety grown, soils, climate, and curing conditions, a desirable nutrient environment greatly influences yield, quality and usability of the leaf produced. Early fall is a good time to select and soil sample fields for future tobacco crops and to soil sample this year's tobacco fields which will be used for tobacco next year, then you can assess the fields needs for lime, phosphorus, and potassium.

Once again, Lincoln County baseball player Brandon Weir could use your vote. Earlier this year, Weir was named Player of the Week for the Get Healthy Kentucky (GHK) "No Spit" All-Star Program, thanks to online voting. Now, Weir is on the ballot for the All-Star of the Year and, like before, the winner will be determined by online voting. Weir, a pitcher/infielder, hit .432 this past season at LCHS with two triples, four doubles, three home runs, 19 RBI's, and 10 stolen bases.

Clyde Miller has the dubious distinction of being the first inmate in the Lincoln County Regional Jail busted for having cigarettes in his cell. Smoking and the possession of tobacco products by inmates and staff at the Lincoln County Regional jail was banned earlier this month, said Jailer David Gooch. Neither inmates nor jail staff members are allowed to enter the jail with any tobacco products in their possession. Matches and lighters are also taboo. "We have had very few problems with any inmate wanting to bring tobacco products into our facility," Mr. Gooch said.

Danville City Commission isn't the only governing body in town in the midst of implementing a no-smoking policy. The Housing Authority of Danville is about to impose its own policy but on a much smaller scale. While most of the public attention has been aimed at the commission, the housing authority board quietly has drafted its own no-smoking policy for its residential buildings. It will take effect June 1, barring an unforeseen avalanche of opposition from tenants. The board wrote the policy in March and has given residents until the end of April to voice their opinions of it, said Executive Director Rachel White.

The Nicholasville City Commission passed the first reading of an ordinance that will require all who serve alcohol and tobacco products to attend mandatory training during its special-called meeting Monday afternoon. Nicholasville Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator Frank Hubbard first pitched the plan to the commission back in early January. Since that time, Hubbard has fine-tuned the plan using ordinances from other communities as a model and has met with various people who sell those products.

Pam Hawkins calls herself a "reformed smoker. " And like many converts, she is strongly supportive of her new life and just as strongly repulsed by her old one. "Since I quit smoking, I have grown to hate cigarettes and cigarette smoke," said the Danville woman. "When I enter a room or a building where there's smoking, my head stops up and I start to feel awful. "I don't know why I ever smoked, but I do know I love my life as a non-smoker and wish smokers would join the cause," she said.