News Archive for January, 2010

About three-quarters of tanning facility owners say the U.S. Senate’s proposed 10 percent “Tan Tax” would force them to lay off employees or close locations, a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early January revealed.…

A Canadian physician told The Vancouver Sun Thursday that she beat her own personal bout with swine flu by increasing her vitamin D levels.…

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was part of the back-room midnight deal that put the proposed 10 percent “Tan Tax” into the senate version of health care reform. Want to let Harry know how you feel about that? We …

A financial services columnist this week penned a strong essay urging everyone to question the ignorance of “the ‘consensus’ on sunlight exposure (which) has badly misled us towards vitamin D deficiencies.”…

Public outrage over the proposed 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning is starting to boiling over — which is exactly what we need to get this tax taken out of the final version of the Health Care Reform bill …

A highly decorated figure in the dermatology community endorsed the International Smart Tan Network’s position on sunlight and moderate UV exposure as “fair and balanced” in his latest book.…

The editor of an on-line health newsletter is red-hot angry that more people aren’t getting the message that higher vitamin D levels are linked to significantly lower rates of flu.…

Just about half of all tanning facility owners say that their 2009 tanning business performance met or exceeded expectations, while about half feel their results fell short of expectations, a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late December revealed.…