Ky. gov. extends smoking ban to all state property

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Employees and visitors to some 3,000 state government buildings won’t be able to smoke indoors or outdoors after Nov. 20.

Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order on Thursday that bans all tobacco products – including electronic cigarettes and chewing tobacco – from all executive-branch-owned buildings. The order does not include property used by the legislature, the courts or any statewide constitutional officers, such as the attorney general or commissioner of agriculture.