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Americans are either ignoring or are unaware of the dangers of indoor tanning, according to a new survey released Tuesday by researchers at the University of Minnesota.The survey found that 18 percent of women and more than 6 percent of men saying they had tanned indoors at least once during the previous year.  However, when asked, just 13.3 percent of women and 4.2 percent of men said avoiding tanning beds were among the ways to reduce skin cancer risk.  Furthermore, only 5.8 of women...

Palm Beach Tan, Inc., the nation's largest chain of tanning salons, was named the 13th fastest growing private company in Dallas. The Top 100 awards are presented annually by the Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University. The SMU School of Business honors the fastest growing privately held companies in the Dallas area each year. President and COO of Palm Beach Tan Inc., Diane Lucas said she was honored and excited to be recognized again in the Dallas...

Now Through December 22nd, 2010 Hamptons Tannings offers East End residents an at home premium sunless tanning experience for only $50! Offer valid for residents of Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Amagansett & Sag Harbor. East Hampton, NY (PRWEB) December 2, 2010 Just in time for holiday parties and warm weather getaways, Hamptons Tanning is offering residents of the East End in home spray tanning for only $50. Hamptons Tanning offers the East End a premium sunless...

Infinity Sun Experts to Share Revolutionary Business Ideas at the Smart Tan Indoor Tanning ExpoBeverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) October 21, 2010 In today's world of ever-increasing choice, the savvy consumer favors environments that will serve all their tanning needs in one place. Whether the consumer is a devout UV tanner, self-proclaimed sunless tanner (booth or airbrush) or a dabbler in both UV and sunless methods, the one thing they have in common is the desire to achieve a healthy and glowing...

Increasing melanin without UV exposure could reduce risk of skin cancer in several waysDiscovery of a molecular switch that turns off the natural process of skin pigmentation may lead to a novel way of protecting the skin "“ activating the tanning process without exposure to cancer-causing UV radiation. In their report in the journal Genes & Development, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cutaneous Biology Research Center (CBRC) describe how blocking the action of...

SHELTON, Conn., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Energizer Personal Care, makers of Banana Boat® and Hawaiian Tropic® brand sunscreens, was honored last night for its exceptional achievement in skin health, including its dedication to public education about sun protection and skin cancer prevention, at The Skin Cancer Foundation's Annual Skin Sense Award Gala. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101013/NY81737 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101013/NY81737 ) "We are...

Indoor tanning for social activities is dangerous and unnecessary SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Back to school means new classes, clothes and schedules, including a heavy calendar of social events. Unfortunately, many young adults, particularly young women, head to indoor tanning salons in preparation for high school and college dances in the fall. Despite repeated warnings about the dangers of indoor tanning and the fact that there is no such thing as a healthy tan,...

Government funded researchers have found that they can get women to cut back on sunbathing by getting them to use tanning lotion instead. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most of the skin cancers diagnosed every year in the U.S. are sun-related.  Melanoma, which is the most deadly kind, kills about 8,700 people every year. U.S. researchers tested whether offering sunbathing women free samples of tanning lotion and sunscreen could heighten awareness of the...

About one in ten U.S. adolescents uses sunless tanning products, and an intervention promoting these products as an alternative to regular tanning may reduce sunbathing and sunburns among adult women, according to two reports in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Ultraviolet radiation exposure was recently upgraded to the highest cancer risk category and is the most common avoidable cause of skin cancer, according to background information in the...

American Academy of Dermatology Association Urges States to Move Forward with Indoor Tanning Restrictions SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the scientific evidence mounts, more federal agencies and state governments are taking action to educate and protect Americans against the serious risks of indoor tanning. Recent and pending legislation in numerous states restricting access to indoor tanning, along with the federal 10 percent indoor tanning tax that goes into...