About one-third of tanning business owners felt 2010 was a stronger year than they expected according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late December. That’s an upside heading into the 2011 tanning season.

According to the poll, almost half of …

The independent Vitamin D Council suggests that people should use a sunbed in the winter — being careful to avoid a sunburn — as one of the primary ways to make sufficient vitamin D.

Dr. John Cannell, founder of The …

Internet health education web site NaturalNews.com is calling for people to re-examine the relatively small risk of melanoma, often put out of perspective by groups linked to those who profit from anti-sun messaging.

In an article titled “Skin cancer risk …

Smart Tan is continuing its highly successful webinar series in January and February, offering courses featuring material from classes from Smart Tan Downtown in Nashville Oct. 22-24 that were popular but which were concurrent to other courses.

“The first three …

New research showing how the body actually metabolizes vitamin D supports the fact that sun exposure to the skin is the only natural and reliable way to process natural and intended levels of “the sunshine vitamin.”

The Vitamin D Council …

With economic indicators starting to point in the right direction in parts of North America, a SmartTan.com poll conducted in December gives a split-message on the overall retail environment, with just under half of salons saying that their retail conditions …

The state of New York put new regulations on the indoor tanning business community into effect on Tuesday.

According to the state’s Web site, the new rules require teens ages 14 to 18 to have parental consent before using a …

The University of Minnesota study published this week in the Archives of Dermatology attempts to build a case that no one is getting the message that too much UV is a bad thing and that indoor tanning is to blame …