Increasing the legal age for tanning

Medical New Today reports that the youngest legal age for using tanning beds has gone up from 14 to 18 years in California now that Governor Jerry Brown signed a new bill into law.

This is the first law of its type in the US and will go into effect on January 1, 2012.

The bottom line?

Everyone knows, or should know, that exposure to UV radiation — from the sun or artificial sources such as sunlamps in tanning beds — increases the risk of developing skin cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

More on the pros and cons of tanning is summarized here.

1/20/11 22:48 JR