Nationwide study examines youth access to indoor tanning

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 16:21 in Health & Medicine

Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology. Facilities with specific state laws regarding parental consent or accompaniment were more likely to require these steps.

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