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Learn about the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program's efforts to combat tobacco use among adults and high school students. Discover the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Kentucky and the initiatives taken by the program, including 100% tobacco-free schools and collaboration with partners.
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Tobacco Settlement Agreement FundOversight Committee Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program May 1, 2019
Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Kentucky Adults, 2011-2017 Data source: KyBRFSS2017
Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Kentucky High School Students, 2007-2017 Data source: KY – YRBSS 2017
New and Significant Challenges Among High School Students <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ROPUYiOV0c" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
New Results from the 2018 Kentucky Incentives for Prevention (KIP) Survey
Kentucky’s 100% Tobacco Free School Districts 100% Tobacco Free Districts • Adair County • Ashland Independent • Bardstown Independent • Beechwood Independent* • Berea Independent* • Bourbon County • Boyd County* • Boyle County • Breathitt County* • Bullitt County • Burgin Independent • Campbellsville Independent • Carroll County • Casey County • Clinton County • Corbin Independent* • Covington Independent • Danville Independent* • Dayton Independent* • Daviess County • Elizabethtown Independent • Eminence Independent* • Fairview Independent • Fayette County • Frankfort Independent* • Franklin County • Gallatin County • Grant County* • Grayson County* • Hancock County • Hardin County • Harrison County* • Henderson County • Henry County • Hopkins County • Jefferson County • Jessamine County • Kenton County • LaRue County* • Lawrence County* • Lincoln County* • Marion County • Marshall County • Martin County* • Mason County • Menifee County • Mercer County • McCreary County • Monroe County • Murray Independent* • Nelson County • Newport Independent • Ohio County* • Oldham County • Owen County • Paducah Independent • Paris Independent • Pikeville Independent • Powell County • Pulaski County • Robertson County* • Rockcastle County • Russell County • Russellville Independent • Science Hill Independent • Simpson County • Somerset Independent* • Warren County • Washington County • Webster County • West Point Independent • Williamsburg Independent* • Williamstown Independent* • Woodford County • 75 districts • 759 schools • 43% of districts covered • 59% of students protected * School districts in green need to update their policy to include e-cigarettes April 2019
Retailer Training to Prevent Youth Sales Continues to Grow Tobacco Retailer Underage Sales Training (TRUST) ads were placed in the Midwest Beverage Journal and the Kentucky Grocer and Convenience Store Association Check It Out! newsletter. Retailers trained: 6,429 total trained to date 1,427 trained in 2018
Local Grants Allow Communities to Expand Their Efforts 30-second Version 130-second Version 2
Kerri Verden Program Manager Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program Health Promotions Section Chronic Disease Branch Division of Prevention and Quality Improvement Department for Public Health