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By Grant Miller

I am frequently amazed how difficult some retailers make it for you to give them your money. The “sales prevention” department is, unfortunately, alive and well all across the country. They unintentionally put up all sorts of …

Hello Nashville Show Attendees!

Smart Tan’s Matt Russell will be giving two presentations at the Four Seasons National Tanning Expo in Nashville and would like to invite you to attend and win some free training.

Come join Matt on Sunday …

As an article from FOX Weather reminds us, the time of year has come when much of the U.S. population can no longer produce adequate vitamin D naturally from the sun. Those north of the 37th parallel, or 37 degrees …

More than 9 out of 10 tanning facilities say they have clients who — prior to coming to their salons — could not get a suntan outdoors without sunburning, according to a SmartTan.com poll.

According to the poll, 92 percent …

From GrassrootsHealth

Two different research groups conclude the US RDA is off by an order of magnitude

GrassrootsHealth scientists and staff have published a research letter, citing the D*action data, calling for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to increase …

By Ashley Laabs

Salon owners are always focused on keeping their clients happy and making the most out of their buying potential, but one of the biggest favors you can do for yourself as slow season creeps along is to …

ASA Executive Director Joseph Levy’s mission promoting sunburn prevention and responsible UV exposure has taken him across North America to 43 different state capitols, five Canadian provincial capitols, as well as national capitols Washington D.C. and Ottawa, Ontario.

But after …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute

Nitric oxide is colorless gas that produced by the stimulation of ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation to the skin. The raw materials for this gas are pre-formed stores of nitrates and nitrites. It is a …