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Blog: Time to Take a Bold Stand Against e-Cigarette Use by Kids

May 10, 2019

On June 17, CVS Health committed to overturning youth e-cigarette use at a whole new level: The retail and health care giant will dedicate $10 million for strategies to prevent e-cigarette use and to educate our children about the danger. This announcement follows a report released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year that stated that more than 1,550 warning letters and 240 civil money penalty actions were brought against a popular pharmacy chain for selling tobacco products to youth.

Op-ed: Suicide is a silent epidemic in Kentucky that's taking our children

Mar 26, 2019

The following op-ed appeared in the Courier Journal on March 21, 2019. Although Kentucky is known for lives lost from accidental drug overdoses, a silent epidemic is also taking too many of our children — suicide.

Op-ed: There’s an ‘epidemic-level’ rise in e-cigarette use among kids. Here’s how to stop it.

Mar 8, 2019

The following op-ed appeared in the Lexington Herald Leader on March 5. On Feb. 7, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report that more than 1,550 warning letters and 240 civil money penalty actions were brought against a popular pharmacy chain for selling tobacco products to youth.

Associate Professor Receives Markey Cancer Center Support Grant

Oct 5, 2018

Lovoria B. Williams, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP

Holly Dye Receives Over $1 Million to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment to Postpartum and Early-Parenting Women

Sep 24, 2018

Holly Dye, MRC, director and transformation manager for Beyond Birth, recently received a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant entitled “EMATTA: Expanding MAT Access through a Team Treatment Approach.” Opioid-use and addiction continues to be a national crisis; Kentucky and Appalachia in particular have been deeply affected by epidemic.

Senior Associate Dean Discusses Importance of Nutrition in Heart Health

Sep 10, 2018

The following article appeared on Healthday.com and was last updated September 4, 2018. TUESDAY, Sept. 4, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- A varied, quality diet could help prevent hospitalizations and even death among patients with heart failure, a new study suggests.

Dr. Zim Okoli Receives Grant from Department of Medicaid Services for Behavioral Health Tobacco Dependence Treatment

Sep 7, 2018

Zim Okoli, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, CTTS, associate professor, recently received a state contract from the Department of Medicaid Services entitled “University Partnership – Behavioral Health Tobacco Dependence Treatment.” Despite steady declines in the smoking use prevalence of the general US population in the past five decades, little change has been observed in some vulnerable sub groups, specifically, individuals in behavioral health settings (i.e. those with mental illness and substance use disorders).

Dr. Ellen Hahn Receives $919,465 in Grant Funding for Tobacco Treatment and Community Empowerment Research

Sep 7, 2018

Ellen Hahn PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, has received two grant awards; the first from the state of Kentucky entitled “University Partnership – Enhancing Tobacco Dependence Treatment” and the second from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences supplement program entitled "Empowering Concerned Communities with Validated Approaches to Environmental Citizen Science.”

BREATHE Helps Teens Advocate for Tobacco-Free Communities

Jan 11, 2018

By Hilary Brown UK's Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments (BREATHE) team recently partnered with Youth Empowered Solutions (YES) to host tobacco and youth advocacy training for leadership students of Hazard High School, as well as a training session for adult community advocates from around the state on the importance of youth empowerment and mentorship and how to engage youth in advocacy efforts.

Dr. Ellen Hahn: Strong Smoking Bans in Communities Help Lower Rates of Lung Cancer

Nov 29, 2017

Written by Linda Blackford Photography by University Photographer Mark Cornelison This article originally appeared in the Kentucky Herald-Leader on November 28, 2017 Communities with strong laws against workplace smoking have lower rates of lung cancer, a new study from the University of Kentucky found.

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