{"id":1142,"date":"2008-09-04T03:59:52","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T07:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/australian-press-reports-are-the-latest-to-falsely-allege-that-tanning-can-be-addictive\/"},"modified":"2008-09-04T03:59:52","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T07:59:52","slug":"australian-press-reports-are-the-latest-to-falsely-allege-that-tanning-can-be-addictive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/australian-press-reports-are-the-latest-to-falsely-allege-that-tanning-can-be-addictive\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian press reports are the latest to falsely allege that tanning can be addictive."},"content":{"rendered":"

An Australian press agency \u2013 piling onto reports this year down under incorrectly characterizing indoor tanning \u2013 has over-trumped a journal article attempting to make the case that tanning can be an addiction.<\/p>\n

\"2008-09-03-sun-addiction-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"<\/a>\u201cResearchers found 18 per cent of habitual sunbathers and 28 per cent of indoor tanners answered \u2018yes\u2019 to questions designed to expose addiction, in a survey of 385 college students,\u201d the Cairns Post reported on Monday. \u201cLike diehard smokers, drug takers and alcoholics the sunbathers reported trying to cut down on the potentially deadly practice, said they had been annoyed by criticism of their behaviour and admitted feeling guilty about sunbaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article cited a paper published in the Australian Medical Observer.<\/p>\n

\u201cTanning is not an addiction. It\u2019s an attraction,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cHumans are supposed to be attracted to UV light. We need it to live. To call it an addiction is like saying that people are addicted to oxygen or water. It just isn\u2019t accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the core science that these researchers are twisting: Ultraviolet light exposure produces endorphins in the skin \u2014 substances that literally make us feel good. Because sunshine is natural and humans need sunshine in order to be healthy, endorphin production is nature\u2019s way of telling us that sunshine is good.<\/p>\n

This is just another case of how the anti-tanning lobby builds its case politically rather than weighing all of the science objectively. Ten years ago they claimed there were no benefits at all of sun exposure. Today, with the science stacking up in favor of sensible sun exposure, they\u2019re clinging to their guns, telling us that unnatural, pharmaceutically produced pills are better sources of vitamin D and that tanning is akin to narcotics. They\u2019re strung out on their own press.<\/p>\n

For more information visit Smart Tan\u2019s consumer web site, www.TanningTruth.com.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the entire Cairns Post story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Australian press agency \u2013 piling onto reports this year down under incorrectly characterizing indoor tanning \u2013 has over-trumped a journal article attempting to make the case that tanning can be an addiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAustralian press reports are the latest to falsely allege that tanning can be addictive. - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Australian press agency \u2013 piling onto reports this year down under incorrectly characterizing indoor tanning \u2013 has over-trumped a journal article attempting to make the case that tanning can be an addiction. \u201cResearchers found 18 per cent of habitual sunbathers and 28 per cent of indoor tanners answered \u2018yes\u2019 to questions designed to expose addiction, in a survey of 385 college students,\u201d the Cairns Post reported on Monday. \u201cLike diehard smokers, drug takers and alcoholics the sunbathers reported trying to cut down on the potentially deadly practice, said they had been annoyed by criticism of their behaviour and admitted feeling guilty about sunbaking.\u201d The article cited a paper published in the Australian Medical Observer. \u201cTanning is not an addiction. 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It\u2019s an attraction,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cHumans are supposed to be attracted to UV light. We need it to live. To call it an addiction is like saying that people are addicted to oxygen or water. It just isn\u2019t accurate.\u201d Here\u2019s the core science that these researchers are twisting: Ultraviolet light exposure produces endorphins in the skin \u2014 substances that literally make us feel good. Because sunshine is natural and humans need sunshine in order to be healthy, endorphin production is nature\u2019s way of telling us that sunshine is good. This is just another case of how the anti-tanning lobby builds its case politically rather than weighing all of the science objectively. Ten years ago they claimed there were no benefits at all of sun exposure. Today, with the science stacking up in favor of sensible sun exposure, they\u2019re clinging to their guns, telling us that unnatural, pharmaceutically produced pills are better sources of vitamin D and that tanning is akin to narcotics. They\u2019re strung out on their own press. For more information visit Smart Tan\u2019s consumer web site, www.TanningTruth.com. 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