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Half of all tanning businesses say they put some kind of candy treat in tanning rooms for their clients, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in August.

According to the poll, 50 percent of salons put hard …

As increased scrutiny and regulation continue to play a growing role in what lies ahead for the indoor tanning industry, top industry veterans are increasing their support of the ITA’s Special Fund. PC Tan and Palm Beach Tan have teamed …

The non-profit Sunlight Institute — an independent organization founded by sunlight/vitamin D advocate Dr. Marc Sorenson to promote sunlight as an essential part of life — this week launched a new facebook page to spread its message.

“Sunshine is free. …

One of the newest Facebook features, Promoted Posts, gives businesses the option to pay for their posts to show up in more people’s news feeds, as detailed in the article “3 Strategies for Using Facebook’s Promoted Posts” from Entrepreneur.com. Promoted …

New Jersey’s media-persecuted ‘Tan Mom’ Patricia Krentcil made worldwide headlines again this week, appearing in an In Touch magazine photo-interview after the magazine challenged her to stop suntanning for an entire month.

The In Touch story — and widespread media …

A study led by New Zealand epidemiologists suggests that dermatology-led efforts to scare young people about skin cancer may actually be causing a decline in skin cancer awareness in older people who are most likely to get the disease.

“Anecdotally, …

Women with more-natural vitamin D levels are 47 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who are vitamin D deficient, according to a new International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) case-control study on the topic. Published in …

More than 5 out of 6 sunbed salon owners say that more people understand that vitamin D is ‘The Sunshine Vitamin’ today than did two years ago, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late July. According to the poll, …