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<\/a>\u201cObama is now supporting the very issue he campaigned against: dirty politics and backroom deals. This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d<\/p>\n
In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody likes the [tan] tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n
While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law.<\/p>\n
Click on this link to send a note to your Congressperson now.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Barack Obama has put 9,000 jobs in jeopardy when he went back on his campaign promise Monday, supporting a proposed tax brokered by powerful lobbyists behind closed doors.\u00a0 The controversial 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services has been included back in the Health Care Reform proposal, presented by President Obama on Monday, […]<\/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-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Obama Proposal Revives 'Tan Tax' - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Barack Obama has put 9,000 jobs in jeopardy when he went back on his campaign promise Monday, supporting a proposed tax brokered by powerful lobbyists behind closed doors.\u00a0 The controversial 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services has been included back in the Health Care Reform proposal, presented by President Obama on Monday, causing outrage throughout the country. \u201cObama is now supporting the very issue he campaigned against: dirty politics and backroom deals. This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax. \u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law. Click on this link to send a note to your Congressperson now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama Proposal Revives 'Tan Tax' - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Barack Obama has put 9,000 jobs in jeopardy when he went back on his campaign promise Monday, supporting a proposed tax brokered by powerful lobbyists behind closed doors.\u00a0 The controversial 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services has been included back in the Health Care Reform proposal, presented by President Obama on Monday, causing outrage throughout the country. \u201cObama is now supporting the very issue he campaigned against: dirty politics and backroom deals. This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax. \u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law. 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This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. 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This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax. \u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law. 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This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax. \u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law. Click on this link to send a note to your Congressperson now.","og_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/","og_site_name":"Smart Tan News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan","article_published_time":"2010-02-23T08:00:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-23-Obamas-tan-tax-copy-300x157.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"smarttan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SmartTan","twitter_site":"@SmartTan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"smarttan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/"},"author":{"name":"smarttan","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b"},"headline":"Obama Proposal Revives ‘Tan Tax’","datePublished":"2010-02-23T08:00:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/"},"wordCount":576,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-23-Obamas-tan-tax-copy-300x157.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/","name":"Obama Proposal Revives 'Tan Tax' - Smart Tan News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/obama-proposal-revives-tan-tax\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-23-Obamas-tan-tax-copy-300x157.jpg","datePublished":"2010-02-23T08:00:47+00:00","description":"President Barack Obama has put 9,000 jobs in jeopardy when he went back on his campaign promise Monday, supporting a proposed tax brokered by powerful lobbyists behind closed doors.\u00a0 The controversial 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services has been included back in the Health Care Reform proposal, presented by President Obama on Monday, causing outrage throughout the country. \u201cObama is now supporting the very issue he campaigned against: dirty politics and backroom deals. This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cRegardless of your position on health care reform, the inclusion of the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 has been Washington politics at its worst.\u201d In light of the proposed tax, over 200,000 angry voters petitioned and sent letters to their elected representatives in just four weeks in December and January about the tax, and as a result, many congressional leaders pledged to keep it out of any reform bill. According to Smart Tan, the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax\u201d would generate less than $170 million in its first year \u2014 40-50 percent less than dermatology lobbyists estimated and 70 percent less than the \u201cBotax\u201d would have generated. \u201cNobody likes the tax,\u201d Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) told KOLN-TV.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth of the matter is \u2014 it\u2019s dead. It will not survive.\u201d David M. Pariser, president of the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA), took credit for the Tan Tax in a December Wall Street Journal article, whereby the AADA, AMA and Allergan Corp., the manufacturer of Botox, lobbied Senate Democrats to shift the five percent \u201cBotax\u201d to the current the 10 percent \u201cTan Tax.\u201d \u201cIt is incontrovertible that UV exposure is the only true natural source of Vitamin D, and we now know there are 105 disorders related to sunlight avoidance and vitamin D deficiency,\u201d said Dr. Marc Sorenson, an independent advocate of vitamin D whose book \u201cVitamin D3 and Solar Power for Optimal Health\u201d recommends regular sunlight exposure and tanning. \u201cBy eliminating another source of vitamin D this tax will increase health care costs and lead to poorer health for the American public.\u201d While injectable Botox has no discerning value, an estimated 1.5 million indoor tanning clients use tanning facilities to informally treat the same skin conditions dermatologists do, while developing cosmetic tans for a few dollars per visit. According to Smart Tan, up to 70 percent of these clients are referred to tanning facilities by doctors. Ironically, dermatologists who competitively use indoor tanning equipment as \u201cphototherapy\u201d negotiated to be exempt from the proposed tax. \u201cThis unjust tan tax is emblematic of where the healthcare bill is going wrong and where everyday citizens are fighting back,\u201d said Levy.\u00a0 \u201cWe are confident that the President will hear what hundreds of thousands of Americans have already told their congressional delegations: Take the \u2018Tan Tax\u2019 proposal out of Health Care reform.\u201d Smart Tan is urging salon owners and their customers to petition their congressional representatives to remove this egregious tax before the final health care bill becomes law. 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<\/a>\u201cObama is now supporting the very issue he campaigned against: dirty politics and backroom deals. This late-night legislation was brokered by the dermatology industry with senators including Harry Reid, without any due diligence nor any input from tanning retailers,\u201d said Joseph Levy, vice president of the International Smart Tan Network, the educational institute for North American indoor tanning businesses. \u201cThe deal traded an affordable tax on purely elective cosmetic surgery for the wealthiest Americans for an onerous tax that will hurt middle-class women, will force women-owned businesses to close and will cost the country thousands of jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n