Media Releases

TORONTO – Canadians are about to learn a lot more about tanning, thanks to the Joint Canadian Tanning Association’s new website:tanawareness.com. The site is a valuable resource for those seeking factual information about tanning. It will also address some of the myths about tanning.… continue reading

KELOWNA, B.C. –The Joint Canadian Tanning Association is reinforcing its campaign that suggests the Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) should correct its ongoing public denial of the fact that indoor tanning is an abundant source of vitamin D – an obvious error that the CDA has repeated on several occasions, despite scientific evidence to prove the contrary.… continue reading

KELOWNA  — Members of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) are saddened by the callous hit and run tactics used today by the Ontario branch of the Canadian Cancer Society to damage the tanning industry’s ongoing efforts to educate the public about tanning.… continue reading

KELOWNA, BC – Canada’s indoor tanning community has offered substantive information showing why passage of an Ontario bill seeking to deny teenagers access to professional indoor tanning salons would actually increase sunburn incidence – not reduce it. The Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA), the professional association for indoor tanning facilities in Canada, detailed its objections in its Position Paper sent to the Standing Committee on Social Policy about Ontario’s Bill 83.… continue reading

KELOWNA, BC – The Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) recognizes November as the beginning of “Vitamin D Winter” – a period when sun exposure in all of Canada is too weak to trigger the natural production of vitamin D in human skin.… continue reading