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The future of indoor tanning is analyzed by retail market leaders in the December issue of Smart Tan Magazine, now available on-line as an e-publication.

Indoor tanning’s North American roots were laid in the late 1970s by bold entrepreneurs who …

An Ontario Santa Claus parade this year turned into positive publicity for indoor tanning, thanks to a parade float sponsored by an Ontario tanning franchisee.

Glen and Tanya Dodsworth, who own two Fabutan franchise locations in Cambridge, Ont., about 50 …

Studies connecting subjects with low vitamin D levels with higher risk of flu and autoimmune disease are getting more attention this winter – including a large feature published Tuesday in The Toronto Star.

“Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine …

A majority of indoor tanning businesses will remain open as long as their last tanners are in the salon and will take tanners up until their published closing time, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late November.

According to …

Yet another study has linked low levels of “The Sunshine Vitamin” with higher rates of heart disease and early death.

University of Kansas researchers, looking at more than 10,000 patients, found that 70 percent were vitamin D deficient and that …

The editor of the Harvard Health Letter told readers that he gets much of his “sunshine vitamin” the old-fashioned and natural way: By going into the sun and taking a walk. “Being of sound mind and body, and responsible for …

Vitamin D supplements — but not sunshine-induced vitamin D — led to unnaturally high vitamin D blood levels in a Utah study claiming that vitamin D blood levels over 100 ng/ml (250 mol/L) increase the risk of atrial fibrillation in …

“A suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.” — Dr. …