• Report: Kentucky short on cancer-fighting policies

    By Darla Carter | Posted on August 10, 2018

    This post has been updated Kentucky needs to do more to shed its reputation as a cancer capital and prevent residents from falling prey to the disease. That’s according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network and its latest nationwide assessment of state...

  • Cigarette tax got you down? These classes can help you quit

    By Darla Carter | Posted on July 17, 2018

    Now that the tax on a pack of cigarettes has gone up by 50 cents, it’s the perfect time for Kentuckians to quit smoking. That’s according to health advocates like the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. The department and some of...

  • New Health Equity Report examines root causes of health outcomes in Louisville

    By Joe Sonka | Posted on November 30, 2017

    The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness released its 2017 Health Equity Report on Thursday, examining the root causes of disproportionately poor health outcomes in west Louisville among black residents and recommendations to combat those trends. The health department’s Center for Health...

  • New coalition to tackle Kentucky’s ‘smoking crisis’

    By Boris Ladwig | Posted on October 17, 2017

    As Kentucky continues to lead the nation in cancer mortality, a group of health and business advocates plan to announce the creation of an anti-smoking coalition whose goals include raising the cigarette tax by at least $1 per pack. The Coalition for a Smoke-Free...

  • A Picture of Bad Health: Part 2

    By Peter Champelli | Posted on October 9, 2017

    Louisville has a problem with health. Out of the 50 biggest cities in the United States, Louisville comes in last for overall health. This isn’t a simple issue — but Insider Louisville takes a look at the underlying causes of what’s making Louisville so unhealthy. In A...

  • CDC releases ‘groundbreaking’ neighborhood health maps

    By Boris Ladwig | Posted on March 2, 2017

    New health maps for Louisville show that residents in the city’s downtown and western neighborhoods drink and smoke more than their neighbors in other parts of the city, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, residents in the eastern parts of...

  • Clearing the smoke: Kentucky’s lingering tobacco habit

    By Guest Author | Posted on October 26, 2015

    By Joyce West | KET Story reported by KET and reposted here with permission. A tobacco barn in Magoffin County near the Mountain Parkway displays what once would have been an unlikely message for any rural Kentucky community: “Quit Now Kentucky. For help quitting...

  • Sponsored: Happy, healthy mommies contribute to happy, healthy babies

    By Health Reports | Posted on November 20, 2014

    Inside Kentucky Health Many of us identify with the concept: “If Momma Isn’t Happy, Nobody’s Happy.” The idea that a mother’s well-being affects everyone around her is more than a T-shirt slogan; it’s a real dynamic in families of all types. If you were...

  • Vape ’em if you got ’em: The hot new way to enjoy smoking without actually smoking

    By Steve Kaufman | Posted on December 12, 2013

    Troy LeBlanc got pissed off this summer and decided to open his own e-cig store. Last week, he turned a profit after three months and is at 180 percent of the target in his first-year business plan. Pretty impressive, in a B-school case study...