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Canada’s professional sunbed association on Wednesday issued a Canada-wide press statement saying those who have lobbied for under-18 indoor tanning bans in Canada have misrepresented data to make their case.

“The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and other lobbyists misrepresented melanoma …

When the recession hit in 2008, it forced many consumers to cut back on luxuries like gourmet coffee, lingerie and services like indoor tanning. That may be changing, reports USA Today, as Americans are beginning to increase their spending on …

Another vitamin D study shows that low levels of the sunshine vitamin are linked to childhood obesity — yet another indication that vitamin D and sunlight may be doing more to regulate the body than had been thought in the …

Six out of 10 indoor tanning businesses say the U.S. Federal 10 percent tax on tanning services has hurt business more than they expected, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in the past two weeks.

According to …

Leading cancer researchers in Sweden have presented data to make the case that women who actively seek the sun live longer than those who avoid it — a finding that flies in the face of dermatology’s overstatement of the risks …

Smart Tan Magazine’s December issue introduces ‘SmartTanPR” — Smart Tan’s turn-key program for tanning facilities to promote indoor tanning effectively in your community. The December magazine is hitting mailboxes this week and is available on-line right now as an e-publication.…

“(They) are targeting only bone health. We’re going to continue with our recommendation around cancer prevention.” — Canadian Cancer Society spokeswoman Heather Chappell, as quoted in The Toronto Globe & Mail on Wednesday, saying that the CCS will continue to …

A government-commissioned report issued Tuesday on vitamin D in North America contained a strange contradiction: saying in one sentence that the population is getting enough vitamin D, but conspicuously underplaying the fact that they also recommend tripling the daily vitamin …