Spotlights
#iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board Unites to Create Change at the 2023 Kentucky Tobacco Control Conference.
LEXINGTON, KY. (April 13, 2023) – The #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board presented on the youth perspective of vaping during the 2023 Kentucky Tobacco Control Conference...
Our Director wins another award.
The University of Kentucky Alumni Association, with a committee chaired by the UK Acting Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement Sue Nokes, honors a select group of outstanding UK faculty members with the UK Alumni Professorship Awards...
Vaping Prevention
An innovative University of Kentucky program that provides tobacco use prevention services to youth, families and community members across Kentucky has received continued funding from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services...
White Ribbon 5K race
Support lung cancer prevention, screening, and survivorship in Kentucky by registering for the White Ribbon 5K Race for Research Saturday, Oct. 29 at Coldstream Park...
Our Director is Guest Editor
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is seeking papers to be included in the Special Issue entitled ‘Health Promotion and Health Education to Engage and Empower Youth’...
#iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board wins award
Congratulations! The #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board has been selected to receive the 2023 Smoke-free Youth Advocate of the Year Award for excellence in promoting secondhand smoke education and smoke-free policy.
Real Cost of Smoking by State
Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet. Tobacco use accounts for nearly half a million deaths in the U.S. each year and is the leading cause of lung cancer, according to the American Lung Association.
$1.1 million grant received
Could the game of bingo — with a twist — be part of healthier aging? A $1.1 million grant will help University of Kentucky College of Education researchers measure the impacts of increased exercise and social interaction for nursing home residents through a program called Bingocize®...
Health for all — New Lexington initiative is targeting ways to improve public health
Through a University of Kentucky health-focused leadership program the #IChampionHealth initiative is a community-engaged project dedicated to supporting health for all in Lexington. Read more...