{"id":2762,"date":"2009-12-08T03:59:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T07:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/abc-news-indoor-tanning-hidden-camera-report-was-more-myopic-than-2020\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:23:47","slug":"abc-news-indoor-tanning-hidden-camera-report-was-more-myopic-than-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/abc-news-indoor-tanning-hidden-camera-report-was-more-myopic-than-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News indoor tanning hidden camera report was more myopic than 20\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEC. 7, 2009 \u2014 ABC News \u201c20\/20\u201d program on Friday teamed up with Cosmopolitan Magazine on a 7-minute segment designed to support Cosmo\u2019s stated goal of discouraging indoor tanning usage, but which many observers in the tanning market feel fell short of making a convincing case.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07-20-20-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" title=\"2009-12-07-20-20-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009-12-07-20-20-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2009-12-07-20-20-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>The point of doing a hidden camera expose was to attempt to catch tanning operators making unsupportable claims, and most of the statements made by operators in the story were actually rather unremarkable. Essentially, some operators in the hidden camera report pointed out that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UVB makes vitamin D, which is completely true.<\/li>\n<li>Tanning in a non-burning fashion isn\u2019t something anyone should worry about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhat ABC failed to report was this: a tanning salon operator \u2014 giving a less-than-perfect answer downplaying the risk of overexposure to a reporter asking persistent questions designed to generate those answers \u2014 is still much more accurate than what dermatologists and chemical sunscreen manufacturers mis-state: that any UV exposure is damaging,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cThe dermatologist alleging that any expose to UV is damage is the real mis-statement in this story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t clear whether or not ABC\u2019s reporter actually tanned in the salon. If she did, she would have been properly exposed to consumer warnings twice \u2014 once when signing the informed consent form and once while being introduced to the equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The report also alleged that operators should not exceed recommended incremental exposure times on a tanning unit \u2014 failing to point out that tanning exposure schedules have two categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended incremental exposure times: <\/strong>These are conservative guidelines that a trained operator uses to assign incremental exposure times for tanners that can lead up to a unit\u2019s maximum time. Incremental times were never intended to be used as absolutes \u2014 they were not designed that way \u2014 and it is widely recognized that they are overly conservative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maximum exposure times: <\/strong>A unit\u2019s maximum exposure time IS an absolute that is never exceeded, and no tanner in the 20\/20 segment was ever permitted to exceed this.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Tan sent a full breakdown of the report and how salon operators should respond to questions about it in an e-mail sent to members Saturday morning. Members who did not receive the advisory should call Smart Tan at 800-652-3269 or Smart Tan Canada at 866-795-3755.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEC. 7, 2009 \u2014 ABC News \u201c20\/20\u201d program on Friday teamed up with Cosmopolitan Magazine on a 7-minute segment designed to support Cosmo\u2019s stated goal of discouraging indoor tanning usage, but which many observers in the tanning market feel fell short of making a convincing case.<\/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-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ABC News indoor tanning hidden camera report was more myopic than 20\/20 - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DEC. 7, 2009 \u2014 ABC News \u201c20\/20\u201d program on Friday teamed up with Cosmopolitan Magazine on a 7-minute segment designed to support Cosmo\u2019s stated goal of discouraging indoor tanning usage, but which many observers in the tanning market feel fell short of making a convincing case. The point of doing a hidden camera expose was to attempt to catch tanning operators making unsupportable claims, and most of the statements made by operators in the story were actually rather unremarkable. Essentially, some operators in the hidden camera report pointed out that:  UVB makes vitamin D, which is completely true. Tanning in a non-burning fashion isn\u2019t something anyone should worry about. \u201cWhat ABC failed to report was this: a tanning salon operator \u2014 giving a less-than-perfect answer downplaying the risk of overexposure to a reporter asking persistent questions designed to generate those answers \u2014 is still much more accurate than what dermatologists and chemical sunscreen manufacturers mis-state: that any UV exposure is damaging,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cThe dermatologist alleging that any expose to UV is damage is the real mis-statement in this story.\u201d It isn\u2019t clear whether or not ABC\u2019s reporter actually tanned in the salon. If she did, she would have been properly exposed to consumer warnings twice \u2014 once when signing the informed consent form and once while being introduced to the equipment. The report also alleged that operators should not exceed recommended incremental exposure times on a tanning unit \u2014 failing to point out that tanning exposure schedules have two categories: Recommended incremental exposure times: These are conservative guidelines that a trained operator uses to assign incremental exposure times for tanners that can lead up to a unit\u2019s maximum time. Incremental times were never intended to be used as absolutes \u2014 they were not designed that way \u2014 and it is widely recognized that they are overly conservative. Maximum exposure times: A unit\u2019s maximum exposure time IS an absolute that is never exceeded, and no tanner in the 20\/20 segment was ever permitted to exceed this. Smart Tan sent a full breakdown of the report and how salon operators should respond to questions about it in an e-mail sent to members Saturday morning. 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Tanning in a non-burning fashion isn\u2019t something anyone should worry about. \u201cWhat ABC failed to report was this: a tanning salon operator \u2014 giving a less-than-perfect answer downplaying the risk of overexposure to a reporter asking persistent questions designed to generate those answers \u2014 is still much more accurate than what dermatologists and chemical sunscreen manufacturers mis-state: that any UV exposure is damaging,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cThe dermatologist alleging that any expose to UV is damage is the real mis-statement in this story.\u201d It isn\u2019t clear whether or not ABC\u2019s reporter actually tanned in the salon. If she did, she would have been properly exposed to consumer warnings twice \u2014 once when signing the informed consent form and once while being introduced to the equipment. The report also alleged that operators should not exceed recommended incremental exposure times on a tanning unit \u2014 failing to point out that tanning exposure schedules have two categories: Recommended incremental exposure times: These are conservative guidelines that a trained operator uses to assign incremental exposure times for tanners that can lead up to a unit\u2019s maximum time. Incremental times were never intended to be used as absolutes \u2014 they were not designed that way \u2014 and it is widely recognized that they are overly conservative. Maximum exposure times: A unit\u2019s maximum exposure time IS an absolute that is never exceeded, and no tanner in the 20\/20 segment was ever permitted to exceed this. Smart Tan sent a full breakdown of the report and how salon operators should respond to questions about it in an e-mail sent to members Saturday morning. 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The point of doing a hidden camera expose was to attempt to catch tanning operators making unsupportable claims, and most of the statements made by operators in the story were actually rather unremarkable. Essentially, some operators in the hidden camera report pointed out that: UVB makes vitamin D, which is completely true. Tanning in a non-burning fashion isn\u2019t something anyone should worry about. \u201cWhat ABC failed to report was this: a tanning salon operator \u2014 giving a less-than-perfect answer downplaying the risk of overexposure to a reporter asking persistent questions designed to generate those answers \u2014 is still much more accurate than what dermatologists and chemical sunscreen manufacturers mis-state: that any UV exposure is damaging,\u201d Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \u201cThe dermatologist alleging that any expose to UV is damage is the real mis-statement in this story.\u201d It isn\u2019t clear whether or not ABC\u2019s reporter actually tanned in the salon. If she did, she would have been properly exposed to consumer warnings twice \u2014 once when signing the informed consent form and once while being introduced to the equipment. The report also alleged that operators should not exceed recommended incremental exposure times on a tanning unit \u2014 failing to point out that tanning exposure schedules have two categories: Recommended incremental exposure times: These are conservative guidelines that a trained operator uses to assign incremental exposure times for tanners that can lead up to a unit\u2019s maximum time. Incremental times were never intended to be used as absolutes \u2014 they were not designed that way \u2014 and it is widely recognized that they are overly conservative. Maximum exposure times: A unit\u2019s maximum exposure time IS an absolute that is never exceeded, and no tanner in the 20\/20 segment was ever permitted to exceed this. Smart Tan sent a full breakdown of the report and how salon operators should respond to questions about it in an e-mail sent to members Saturday morning. 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