News Archive for July, 2011

A New Jersey tanning business owner received a phone call July 21 from what is apparently a sting operation attempting to get tanning salon employees to tell an operator they would allow a teen-age caller to tan in their salon …

About two-thirds of tanning businesses say the federal 10 percent excise tax on UV tanning services — which took affect in July 2010 as part of the 2010 Health Care Act — has hurt their businesses more than they expected, …

One of Britain’s largest newspapers on Tuesday published a story accusing Sun Scare profiteers of going to far — asking the question, “Is it time we stopped being so scared of the sun?”

In an article headlined,“Tanning: Let the Sunshine …

A leading expert on cancer prevention has once again slammed North America’s two largest cancer organizations for failing to focus on cancer prevention efforts like vitamin D sufficiency and instead squandering donor and taxpayer money on pharmaceutical-oriented cancer treatment programs.…

The benefits humans get from suntans far outweigh the risks of overdoing it, an astronomer whose life work has been studying the sun wrote last week in a column that’s getting lots of attention.

Bob Berman — an American astronomer …

“If a pharmaceutical company patented and sold sunshine, the public message we receive about it would be completely different.” — Consumer web site TanningTruth.com, which promotes a balanced message about UV light from any source.

TanningTruth.com — which supports indoor …

The U.S. congressman who authored legislation this summer to repeal the 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning is getting media attention for standing up for the indoor tanning market.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, R-New York, says standing up for …

The tanning market appears split on the impact of the weather on business in 2011, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in July. Just less than half say the weather has helped business this year, while just less than half …