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The August issue of Smart Tan magazine is available on-line, with the cover story looking at the development of regional coalitions to work with national groups to support indoor tanning at the local level.

From Nebraska — where tanning business …

“People who practice proper sun protection and are concerned that they are not getting enough vitamin D should either take a multivitamin or drink a few glasses of vitamin D fortified milk every day…Dietary intake of vitamin D can completely …

The American Cancer Society’s key document measuring cancer rates in the United States — “Cancer Facts and Figures” — says that melanoma rates have not increased since 2000 and that rates are declining for women under age 50 — directly …

More than nine out of ten indoor tanning facility owners believe indoor tanning clients are less apt get catch a cold or come down with the flu, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late July.

Emerging research now suggests …

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 …

Lobbying groups in the dermatology community predictably are downplaying new reports questioning the safety of some chemicals used in most chemical sunscreens and have not backed down from their message to use the products daily.

“Are you going to make …

“As a species, we do not get as much sun exposure as we used to, and dietary sources of vitamin D are minimal.” — Harvard School of Public Health nutritional researcher Dr. Edward Giovannucci, as quoted in The New York …

Three-quarters of U.S. tanning business owners say that the July 1 implementation of the federal 10 percent luxury tax on indoor tanning services has hurt their tanning sales this month, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll.

According to …