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Perhaps you caught Baltimore-based WBAL-TV’s “Youth And Melanoma” story live or saw a variation of it in print. Stories like this are the reason it is so important for salon owners to know the facts about melanoma—don’t allow the media to contour your current or future customers’ mindsets on UV exposure. The following is from the response I sent to ...

In the 1990s, there were more of these opening up than shopping malls. Popularity for this past-time increased as the economy was soaring. Celebrities were doing it, bringing a whole new feel to the endeavor. As stress increased at work and at home, the number of participants swelled to millions. Demand was strong, the stock market was strong and ...

It looks as though Michigan wishes to jump on the bandwagon of telling parents what to do with their children—and now the news media is positioning Michigan as seeking to have an impact on the indoor tanning industry because it is linked to the rise in melanoma in the United States. Introduced in 2007, HB 4146 seeks to require ...

This fall, a story came in from Lynchburg, Va.-based WSET television station reporter Danner Evans that issued grave implications to those that tan indoors. Of course, I had to reply—here is an excerpt from the original report followed by my comments: “Summer is over, so you may be thinking of ‘fake-baking’ to keep your summer-like glow. But new research ...

This fall, the Tanning Accountability and Notification (TAN) Act was signed into law. Under the terms of the new law, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—which already regulates the indoor tanning industry—is required to conduct consumer testing regarding the text and positioning requirements of the warning label used for tanning devices in effort to determine whether or not it ...