EKB News

When the Prestonsburg City Council meets Monday evening at 6:00 P.M., officials will move one step closer to a decision of whether to ban smoking in all public buildings within city limits. During a regular meeting last month, members of the Floyd County Breathe Easy Coalition presented testimony as to the effects of second-hand smoke. Jean Rosenburg with the Floyd County Health Department says 70% of Floyd County residents are non-smokers, a figure supported by statistics from a study compiled by the Kentucky Institute of Medicine in 2007. The study showed the adult rate of smokers at 30% and the youth rate at 27%. One item to be discussed will be the effect of a smoking ban on revenue.