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Friends: Smart Tan on Wednesday issued a press release and a media advisory (text below) to the American news media about the Federal Tan Tax Proposal and directed our newly engaged public relations firm to shop this story to the American news media immediately.… continue reading

A 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services emerges as a Senate solution to help finance health care reform Headline News from SmartTan.com U.S. health care reform would include a 10 percent federal excise tax on indoor tanning services under the latest Senate compromise reached this weekend — a proposal expected to be voted on this week.… continue reading

by Patricia E. Reykdal & Donald L. Smith http://www.lookingfit.com/articles/iarc-uv-status-change.html “Tanning Beds as Deadly as Arsenic and Mustard Gas” caused many hard-working small-business owners to suffer serious financial damage. Sadly, not only was this headline untrue, it was also the result of a misunderstanding of the decision by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to upgrade both ionizing and ultraviolet radiation to Class I status (known to be a human carcinogen) from its previous Class II status (suspected to be a human carcinogen) – a decision that was based upon a series of “old lies” told by the dermatology community and the sunscreen industry over the past 30 years.… continue reading

By William Faloon http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/jan2009_Millions-of-Needless-Deaths_01.htm Joseph Lister, British surgeon who discovered antiseptics. It is hard to imagine, but it was not until 1867 that Joseph Lister published his findings about the critical need of using sterile procedures in the surgical setting. Back then, doctors seldom washed their hands prior to surgery, let alone sterilize the instruments they had used on the previous patient.… continue reading

By Karen Gram VANCOUVER: Choose your drinks carefully because those with more alcohol contain more calories. Photograph by: Mikael Kjellstrom, Canwest News ServiceHere it comes again. The season that conspires against all our efforts to control our waistlines. Not only are we confronted with menus laden with fat, sugar and liquor, but the dark, cold weather makes us want that stuff even more.… continue reading