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New York is currently considering a law that would ban minors from using tanning beds. While civilians and lawmakers alike have been debating tanning for years now, the issue has come to the surface recently thanks to Patricia Krentcil, the NJ mom who reportedly took her 6-year-old daughter to a tanning booth. Though she denies actually letting her child tan, consumer advocates are pointing to this particular situation as being representative of a tanning-obsessed nation.

 

 

The American Cancer Society announced in the last few days that melanoma rates have jumped 72 percent in the last decade—a statistic for which they blame the increase in tanning bed use.

 

Currently, NY prohibits children ages 14 and under from using tanning beds and requires minors between the ages of 14 and 18 to have written parental consent, though officials worry this mandate it not being enforced. While some lawmakers think it’s up to parents to control their kids, others believe a blanket ban on tanning for the under-18 crowd is simply good public health policy. A similar law has been proposed in New Jersey and others are in place in California and Vermont.

 

What do you think of this possible tanning bed ban? Do you use tanning beds to get your summer glow on?

 
 
 

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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 5/19/2012 12:00:00 AM

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NAY!!! All of you girls can say you don't care about getting skin cancer now until you actually...idk...HAVE IT!!! You can even get burns from it. Oh and @trident7 Since you were 8?...sounds like somebody's gonna have skin cancer. I'm not trying to be mean but your mom needs to read this article maybe it will put sense in her head that TANNING IS RETARTED!!

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by Princess Keziyah on 5/19/2012 11:53:26 PM

 
 

OMG!! TANNING MOM IS LIKE MY HERO!!! XD
LOL, I LOVE TANNING! BEING PASTY IN THE SUMMER IS SUCH A DRAG, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GUYS! NO GUY WANTS A PALE GIRL... THATS WHY I USE TANNING BEDS, AND HAVE BEEN SINCE I WAS 8! BEFORE THAT, MY MOM SPRAY TANNED ME, CUZ IM A PAGEANT GIRL!

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by trident7 on 5/19/2012 11:21:01 PM

 
 



Moderator!
Don't you think it's very clueless and stupid to use tanning beds? All you have to do is get a natural tan (the sun's UV rays is less harmful than the ones in the tanning beds!), or get that spray tan! I've done a lot of research among this topic and I believe this is a complete outrage!




Hey girlie,

Personally I don't use tanning beds either - spending some time outside is healthy for your bod (Vitamin D, babe!) and you can always get a tan from a self-tanning lotion. But it's a personal choice and unfortunately some people make the less-healthy choice on this one... Frown
Lauren C.

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by Kikikim8 on 5/19/2012 10:54:32 PM

 
 

Um a couple people said yes?? are u crazy??? tanning is harmful to those of you who say other wise did ya read the article it causes melanoma and i know someone who has skin cancer from tanning! i wouldn't tan even after i am 18!!!!

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by Payton K on 5/19/2012 10:54:10 PM

 
 

You don't need to go to a tanning bed to get tan. All it takes for me to tan is to go outside and do something.

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by jackieluvz on 5/19/2012 10:45:16 PM

 
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