Entries Tagged as 'Health'

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Bush Administration Launches Abstinence Campaign

Department of Health and Human Services website 4parents.gov launched a new ad campaign “Talk To Me” that urges parents to “speak up” and talk to their kids about waiting to have sex until their married. View the commercial below.

The 4Parents website also has tips for parents on how and why to talk to your […]

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Cigarette Trafficing & Smoking Ban

1 Week ago today, Tennessee began a cigarette surveillance program where it’s now a crime to purchase more than two cartons of cigs out of state and bring them back into Tennessee.  What?
Okay, here’s the deal. Here at OneKnoxFamily we hate cigarettes.  Cigarette smoke is one of the nastiest things, it stinks and it kills.  […]

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Tennessee Ranks 5th… (not a good thing)

Tennessee ranks fifth nationally in releases of toxic chemicals into the air, and some plants that create the state’s largest amounts of toxic waste are in the Midstate, a new federal report said.The hundreds of chemicals - all self-reported and legal - include acetone, hydrochloric acid and mercury. The inventory is not a measure of […]