WY: Smoking Prevention
Addressing Challenges to Behavioral Health Care in Rural Wyoming
A new report spotlights some of the challenges to accessing behavioral health care for the one in seven Americans who live in rural areas. Kendall …
Advocates: Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Cancer Patients
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Senate has until Wednesday to advance the Medical Treatment Opportunity Act, which cleared the House last week…
Wyoming Lawmakers, Health Experts Gather to Address Vaping Risks
CASPER, Wyo. – Wyoming teens' rising use of e-cigarettes, a relatively new nicotine delivery system also known as vaping, was the central topic …
New Research Shows E-Cigarettes Not Healthy Alternative
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In the wake of recent reports of fatal lung illness connected with the use of e-cigarettes new research seems to confirm …
Cheyenne City Council Weighs Impacts, Benefits of E-Cigarettes
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – On Monday, Cheyenne's city council is expected to vote on a measure that would add e-cigarettes to the city's smoke-free …
Wyo. Lawmakers Consider $1 Cigarette Tax Hike
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – State lawmakers are set to meet this week to review a proposal to raise tobacco taxes, including a $1-per-pack hike for …
Groups Push Tobacco Tax for Wyoming Health and Revenue
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Volunteers with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to pass …
CDC: WYO Teen Smoking Rate Above National Average
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Less cigarette smoking, soda drinking and physical fighting, but more time spent at computers and other tech devices. That's the …
Reports Finds New Kinds of Tobacco Lures for Kids
CASPER, Wyo. - Wyoming is one of the top states in the nation for its high youth tobacco-use rate, according to the federal Centers for Disease …
World Stroke Day - 3rd Leading Cause of Death in WY
CASPER, Wyo. - A reminder for Wyomingites: There's no time to waste when it comes to stroke. Today is World Stroke Day. Justin Bell, government …
American Heart Association Outlines Seven Steps to a Healthier Heart
CASPER, Wyo. - Sometimes there's a big gap between perception and reality when judging one's own health. According to a recent American Heart …
Cancer Survivor: Get Tested, for Your Family's Sake
CASPER, Wyo. - Don't tell colon cancer survivor Robert Webster that it's a disease that only strikes people age 50 and older. His daughter was also …