Skin Deep: Senate Shifts Tax to Tanning Beds

Dec. 22, 2009

The 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services is designed to offset some of the expense of providing health insurance for millions more Americans.

Reducing minor indoor tanning ineffective

ATLANTA, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- State laws limiting indoor tanning for minors have had little impact despite the skin cancer risks, U.S. researchers said.

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KELOWNA, British Columbia, May 30 (UPI) -- A Canadian association for the indoor tanning industry is taking issue with a dermatologist group's claims the sun lamps don't generate vitamin D.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler

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Skin Deep: Senate Shifts Tax to Tanning Beds

Reducing minor indoor tanning ineffective

Tanning dispute rages in Canada