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By Tian Huang   A proposed tax on indoor tanning salons may trigger more job cuts, store closings and expansion into other tanning products, industry executives said. The Senate plans to vote tomorrow on an $871 billion overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, and procedural votes suggest that the measure will pass.… continue reading

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