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An email letter circulated to indoor tanning professionals this week is making the case that tanning facility owners need to mobilize to vote against congressional representatives who put the 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning in health care reform …

On Monday, protesters stood outside in Chelsea, New York to fight against the excise tax on tanning services or “Tan Tax”. James Oliver, owner of Beach Bum Tanning, feels the tax is hurting his business.

“This tax is affecting the …

Six out of 10 indoor tanning facility owners believe that their 2011 business performance will improve from this year, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in October — a solid sign that optimism is still prevailing in the indoor tanning …

“Our nation doesn’t have a vitamin D deficiency. We have a sunlight deficiency.” — Dr. Marc Sorenson, author of “Vitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health and founder of The Sunlight Institute. Dr. Sorenson will be speaking at Smart …

A U.S. District judge allowed for the challenge of the Healthcare Reform Bill to move forward this week, according to Reuters. The challenge comes from 20 state attorneys general and is lead by Florida. Although the challenge is based on …

Bill Rancic – the grassroots entrepreneur who won Tycoon Donald Trump’s first ‘The Apprentice’ show on NBC – is the keynote speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville, an event with a conference designed to address tanning’s …

Today, JK North America announced a deal with ETS in which JKNA will take control of ETS’ commercial tanning equipment business. This will allow for New Sunshine, ETS’ parent company, to focus its energy on development and marketing of lotion …

A pillar in the Vitamin D research community is letting the world know that juvenile diabetes — on the rise in the United States — is linked to deficiency of the sunshine vitamin.

“With 15,000 new cases diagnosed each year …