{"id":8532,"date":"2012-03-28T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=8532"},"modified":"2012-03-28T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:14:57","slug":"letter-attacks-bc-teen-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/letter-attacks-bc-teen-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Attacks BC Teen Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement that Canada\u2019s third most-populous province would draft rules this fall to prohibit UV tanning in salons for people under age 18 has begun to draw criticism of consumers who are comparing it to other controversial decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed legislation banning commercial tanning by people under the age of 18 is a classic example of bad law,\u201d British Columbia resident Jack Carradice wrote in a letter in the Chilliwack Times on Monday. Chilliwack is located just west of Vancouver in British Columbia. \u201cThis proposal is an insult to our younger citizens. The vast majority of young people are intelligent and, given good information, are quite capable of making sound decisions in their own best interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read the full letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chilliwacktimes.com\/just+shade+stupid\/6364223\/story.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement that Canada\u2019s third most-populous province would draft rules this fall to prohibit UV tanning in salons for people under age 18 has begun to draw criticism of consumers who are comparing it to other controversial decisions. \u201cThe proposed legislation banning commercial tanning by people under the age of 18 is a classic example [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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