Every year, millions of Americans look forward to spending time at the beach. They will put on some sun-screen, get a hat and when they've had enough sun, move into the shade. There is only one problem. There is no such thing as a safe tan. More than 600,000 people will get skin cancer this year because of overexposure to the sun, and 8,000 will die.
Experts also agree, people are dying, sitting on their seat belts.
One day, on impulse, entertainer Barbara Mandrell buckled her seat belt and insisted her children also buckle up. A few minutes later their car was struck head on. In the heat of passion, the brain shuts off, and people ignore the risk. Safe sex is the sex from which you restrain, not the sex in which you take limited safety precautions. Almost one-half million people die annually from health problems caused by smoking.