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Successful indoor tanning entrepreneur Tony Hartl — who built and then sold one of the tanning market’s most successful chains — has been added as a featured speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville.

Hartl, who founded …

“They probably weren’t there yesterday when I was out cutting my grass, or when I was out riding my mountain bike.” — U.S. Rep. John Boehner, House Republican leader, responding on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” this week to questions …

More than 5 out of 6 tanning facility owners say the incorporation of a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning as part of Health Care Legislation this year has affected how they will cast their votes for congressional leaders in …

Women who get the most sun exposure are 30 percent less likely to contract Type II diabetes, according to a study to be published in the medical journal Diabetes Research in October.

“Our findings indicated that women with active sun …

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 …

The manufacturer of Botox — which months ago lobbied congress to horse-trade a 5 percent tax on Botox injections for the 10 percent federal tax on tanning — has agreed to pay the government $600 million to settle its own …

The founder of the internet’s most widely read natural health web site has again slammed the chemical sunscreen and cosmetic dermatology industries for fueling public health problems related to sunlight deprivation and vitamin D deficiency.

Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of …

Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy sent a video message to Smart Tan members this week about a new four-hour symposium added to the Smart Tan Downtown schedule designed to create indoor tanning “champions” in every region in North America.…