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Dr. Zim Okoli Speaks at Tobacco Tax Media Event, Calls for Higher Cigarette Tax with Members of BREATHE

College Researcher Featured in WLKY Video on Push to Raise Kentucky's Cigarette Tax

BREATHE Helps Teens Advocate for Tobacco-Free Communities

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

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.

Faculty Members, PhD Student Represent College of Nursing on Capitol Hill

Representatives from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing recently met with eight Kentucky legislators on Capitol Hill on behalf of Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research (FNINR), the advocacy arm of the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) which is one of 27 institutes of the National Institutes of Health that funds nurse researchers.

UK Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Program Receives Accreditation

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s BREATHE Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) training program received accreditation from the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP) on Aug. 16. The program is one of 18 accredited training programs for tobacco treatment internationally.  

Community Partnership Program Helps Women in Recovery Replace Cigarettes with Sweat

While managing her sobriety, returning to the workforce and enduring a grueling legal process to reunite with her children, Missy couldn’t imagine a day without cigarettes.

Smoke-free Advocacy Across Kentucky Honored at 10th Annual KCSP Conference

The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy(KCSP) celebrated 10 years of partnering with communities across the Commonwealth to advocate for smoke-free policies during its annual conference, “Smoke-free Partnerships: Past. Present. Future.” on Tuesday, April 18.

PATHways Program Demonstrates Success of Evidence-based, Collaborative Approaches to Perinatal Opioid Treatment

After years outside of Kentucky, Dr. Agatha Critchfield returned to her home state to find a patient population inundated with opioid use disorders.

Cigarettes: Is the Cost of That Pack Worth the Damage to Your Body?

Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of BREATHE and Marcia A. Dake professor of nursing at the UK College of Nursing, discusses the impacts of tobacco use and how to prevent them on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) with Dr. Tuckson. Watch the full video here Below is a full list of airing times: ​