[El Conservador]

When the state tries to be a nanny, no good comes out of it.

[BossLady]

These people are a day late and a dollar short....most of the Californians who do this sort of thing are using the 'spray on tan' salons now anyway....gees..... ;)

[Crazieman]

I thought it was their bodies to do with as they please?

[holdmuhbeer]

That reminds me, I've got a tanning session at 5.

[inflation]

Tanning booth = BAD
Abortion = GOOD

How can anyone twist that so it makes sense?

[blau993]

California has the sunshine
And the girls all get so taaaan . . .

[fso301]

I tend to agree in this case. Excessive pre-adult sun exposure is the cause of malignant melanoma. Unfortunately, we live in a society that thinks a suntan is an indicator of health and vitality.

[DH]

Until the late 60's kids used to get their "hides tanned" by good old Dad on a regular basis. I had mine "tanned" quite a few times too.

Stop and think, when they stopped "tanning hides" our society went "to the shitter with old Tex Ritter!"

[sharktrager]

FR to ban posts without searches.

[Iron Matron]

" . . .Heidi Blank, manager of San Diego's Hollywood Tans, said she thought the bill could "hurt my business somewhat. But what are you going to do? There's people bigger than me making those decisions. . ."

Is this a profile of a "SHEEPLE" or what?

[Republicus2001]

Bushfault

[vpintheak]

Good grief! Please, someone tell me this doesn't have a snowballs chance. We will all be living in bubbles, forking 90% of our paychecks over to to the state if these people have their way.

[Hildy]

A Dr.'s prescription???? For a tan???? what the hell does that mean?

[Tacis]

I was surprised to learn that many tanning salons here in Texas discourage teens and have for some time. And, perhaps, for the same reason as in California.

Most tanning salons want a contract that can be converted into a revenue stream and prefer not to have to collect cash at the door or have a person available to collect cash at the door. Once you set up a front end cash flow, e.g., $50 per month on your Visa, some/many customers will get tired of the process before the contract runs out. Teens can break a contract and it is simply to expensive to force payment. One owner said that he'll accept a contract from parents but NEVER from a teenager. Of course, one way to get rid of this marginal business without alienating teens who will be tomorrow's customers is to pay the legislature to do it for you.

[luckystarmom]

I don't have a problem with this. It's one thing to ban it from stupid adults, but that is not what their doing.

I wouldn't want my teenager to go to go to one of these salons.

My brother has terminal cancer from skin cancer. It's normal squamos cell carcinoma, and not melanoma.

My family is very susceptible to skin cancer, and I would have a real problem with a salon letting my kids tan without my knowledge or consent.

[LibKill]

Just how the heck did I get to be so old without Nanny?