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View ArticleIntroducing the ASA
14,000 Small Businesses to Combat Myths, Promote Moderate UV Exposure, Launch Web Site NEW YORK (Dec. 18, 2012) - Today, a new coalition led by the United States largest professional sunbed centers...
View ArticleMedPageToday.com: Tanning ‘Myths’ Targeted by New Salon Group
Medical news service MedPageToday.com, Friday, reported on the American Suntanning Association’s efforts to combat myths about UV exposure, putting anti-tanning lobbyists on the defensive to explain...
View ArticleConnecticut Salons Volunteer Tougher Protocol for Teenage Sunbed Usage
A Connecticut tanning industry group’s efforts to promote self-regulation of the teenage tanning issue in Connecticut gained press attention this week. Tom Kelleher, owner of Tommy’s Tanning based in...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Suffering Psoriasis, Depression and Other Ills Turn To Tanning
Meredith Hoffman at DNAInfo.com reports on alternative reasons people regularly visit tanning salons. Read the article
View ArticleJustin Bieber Goes Tanning in Paris
The Biebs was spotted at a tanning salon in Paris! Not sure if he was there for a spray tan or a UV tan, but he’s looking great either way! Read the story
View ArticleMTV’s “True Life” tanning episode full of misinformation
A recent episode of MTV’s “True Life” followed two young adults that were self-proclaimed “tanning addicts.” The episode was filled with misconceptions about tanning, including outdoor, indoor and...
View ArticleSuntanning Association Supported West Virginia Tanning Law
MAY 4 — The American Suntanning Association (ASA) congratulates West Virginia lawmakers this week for enacting parental-consent legislation that ASA supported and that professional sunbed centers have...
View ArticleFDA Proposes New Standards for Sunbeds
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced a proposal to change pre-market manufacturing standards for sunbeds, including a suggestion that sunbed labels add a statement urging young...
View ArticleHelp stop the FDA’s reclassification of suntanning equipment
ASA Members and Supporters, It is critical that you take action today to stop the regulation changes proposed by the FDA. These changes would not only impact the manufacturers of suntanning equipment,...
View ArticleCDC is pushing for a Surgeon General’s warning on UV
ASA Members and Supporters, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is collecting public input until Sept. 4 for a report intended to convince the U.S. Surgeon General to release a public statement on UV...
View ArticleITA and ASA Announce Cooperative Efforts
October 9, 2013. Today the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) and the American Suntanning Association (ASA) announced a cooperative strategy for 2014 and beyond to promote and defend our industry. The...
View ArticleProfessional Indoor Tanning Industry Supports Mayor Bloomberg’s Initiative on...
Industry Seeks to Minimize Overexposure, Supports Responsible Tanning NEW YORK (Oct. 15, 2013) – The professional indoor tanning salon community supports initial reports of New York City Mayor Michael...
View Article‘The Doctors’ Errs on Staph Infection Claim
A short segment on an episode of the TV program “The Doctors” which aired Wednesday, March 12 attempted to suggest that a 23-year-old woman contracted a MRSA bacterial staph infection from visiting a...
View ArticleStatement on yesterday’s FDA announcement
Yesterday, the FDA issued its final order reclassifying tanning beds from low-risk (class I) to moderate-risk (class II) devices. The order primarily impacts bed manufacturers, in that: (1) it requires...
View ArticleASA Responds To Surgeon General’s UV Report
The U.S. Acting Surgeon General today issued “A Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer” – a 112-page report that specifically targets reducing sunbed usage as one of its action points. The American...
View ArticleResearchers Call For Balanced Message About Sun
Some of the world’s leading vitamin D researchers are now coming out publicly to support a balanced message about sun exposure, calling for public health groups and the media to realize that vitamin D...
View Article‘Tan Tax’ Repeal Bill Introduced with Bipartisan Support
Championed by the American Suntanning Association (ASA) and bolstered by new bipartisan efforts in Congress, U.S. Rep. George Holding (R-NC) on Tuesday introduced “The Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2015” –...
View ArticleBill To Repeal Tan Tax Is Critical First Step In Protecting America’s Small...
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Suntanning Association (ASA) applauded the introduction Tuesday of a bill by Rep. George Holding (NC-13) to repeal the 10 percent...
View ArticleAct now to repeal the Tan Tax!
Please take 60 seconds to help us repeal the unfair Tan Tax! The American Suntanning Association is working to gain support for the “Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2015,” and you can do your part by taking...
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