tobacco

Research shows that Kansas City's lowest-income neighborhoods are nearly 10 times more likely to be located near a tobacco retailer than its highest-income ones and that flavored products are disproportionately marketed to Black communities.

Conservative Republicans at the Kansas Statehouse are attempting to block passage of Medicaid expansion until lawmakers send a constitutional amendment on…

Kansas is slipping to the back of the pack on some critical economic measures. In this episode of Statehouse Blend Kansas, host Jim McLean talks with…

TOPEKA, Kansas — A proposal to ban all fruity and sweet vaping flavors in Kansas has upset both pro-vaping and anti-tobacco groups.Hundreds of popular…

There have been more than 1,000 illnesses and multiple deaths linked to e-cigarettes. Now some research from Butler University finds the health problems...

The Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley school districts on Monday joined at least five other school districts nationwide that have authorized lawsuits…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Cigarettes are so yesterday.Or yesteryear.That’s why that old-fashioned, combustible path to a nicotine buzz wasn’t the top concern for a…

A Johnson County, Kansas, resident has filed a class action lawsuit claiming the country’s leading electronic cigarette maker, Juul Labs, fraudulently…

Segment 1: Educators see more vaping in schools, and researchers are beginning to understand how e-cigarettes affect lungsWhether people turn to…

Segment 1: Government agencies suing pharmaceutical companies look to legal lessons learned from previous settlement against Big Tobacco.A class-action…

Segment 1: After the incumbent's endorsement, Kris Kobach emerges as the GOP nominee to face Greg Orman and Laura Kelly in November's midterm.With the…

A Shawnee County District Court judge has temporarily blocked an ordinance that raises the tobacco buying age in Topeka to 21.The ruling comes after two…