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Several nonprofit organizations that advocate for children, minorities and low-income Kansans are concerned about what they see as a trend toward less…
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Around a quarter of adults in Wyandotte County, Kansas, smoke. That’s about twice the rate in Johnson County and well above the state average. Wyandotte…
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Independence, Missouri, on Monday became the third major municipality in the Kansas City area to raise the legal age of sale for tobacco products to 21…
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Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles previewing health-related issues that the Kansas Legislature will face in its upcoming 2016 session.The…
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The governing bodies of both Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, voted Thursday to raise the legal age for buying tobacco and electronic…
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A Kansas City Council committee on Wednesday approved three anti-smoking measures that critics said wrongly include electronic cigarettes and premium…
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Supporters of banning the sale of cigarettes to teens and young adults in the Kansas City area may be close to landing their first major coup.On Monday…
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The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City is out with a new report that looks back at the successes and setbacks of the last decade when it comes…
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Business and health leaders on Thursday announced an ambitious initiative to convince elected officials in the dozens of municipalities throughout the…
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Studies have shown that nearly half of the cigarettes consumed in the United States are smoked by people thought to have a mental illness.At the same…
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The cigarette tax increase Kansas legislators approved in June to help close a budget gap has not dissuaded people from buying smokes in Kansas — at least…
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Kansas and Missouri are in the bottom half of the class in a new report from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network.The report, “How Do You…