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Tanning Industry Tells Legislature UV Rays Are Good for You

Friday, February 5, 2010
It might give you cancer, but if you look this hot, who cares?
Perhaps knowing that you can’t appeal to Seattleites’ vanity when trying to convince us to pay for bronzing (this isn’t Orange County, after all), Seattle Sun Tan claims on its Web site that studies show “responsible sun exposure not only has aesthetic benefits, but more importantly, MANY vital health benefits.”… continue reading

Manitoba MP targets tanning beds

Friday, February 5, 2010
OTTAWA – Manitoba Conservative MP James Bezan is taking on tanning.
The Selkirk-Interlake MP chose World Cancer Day today to announce a private members bill he has planned to force tanning salons to put up more specific and more prominent warning labels on tanning beds.
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JCTA UPDATE 02.05.10

Friday, February 5, 2010
JCTA UPDATE 02.05.10 1.Bad news week for the tanning industry
  • CDA press release and PSA Campaign
    • Make sure if you advertise anywhere you call your ad rep to have the PSA pulled. This has been working right across the country.
    • JCTA press release went out Feb 2nd to counter the CDA – a number of interviews were done.
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Study Exposes New Melanoma Myth

Thursday, February 4, 2010

SmartTan.com

 
Another study from within the American dermatology industry is suggesting that melanoma incidence is not really increasing but only appears to be doing so because doctors are more aggressively diagnosing lesions as melanoma.
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Tory MP targets tanning beds

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Toronto Sun

By ALTHIA RAJ, Parliamentary Bureau
OTTAWA — A Conservative MP is calling for large warning labels on tanning beds and says people under 18 should not be allowed to engage in artificial sun worship.
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