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The knee-jerk reaction by the uninformed in DC to impose a 10% tax on tanning salons reveals their ignorance on the subject of vitamin D and its role in developing young bodies, protecting us from deadly cancers (lymphoma, prostate, colon, lung and skin) and other health problems and preserving our health into our later years. If they really were concerned about artificial UV rays causing skin cancer, recalibrating tanning equipment to produce more UVB and less UVA would accomplish this end while preserving the health benefits for those of us in the northern latitudes.
A resurgence of Rickets Disease is connected to a lack of quality sun exposure since sunscreens block the life giving UV rays that create usable vitamin D as the skin is exposed.
"...changing lifestyles are also contributing to lowering vitamin D levels in the general population. "Some people are taking the safe sun message too far," Professor Pearce said. "It's good to have 20 to 30 minutes of exposure to the sun two to three times a week, after which you can put on a hat or sunscreen"
"Several studies observing large groups of people found that those with higher vitamin D levels also had lower rates of cancer. For some of these studies, doctors had blood samples to measure vitamin D, making the findings particularly strong."
USATODAY.com - Vitamin D reserach may have doctors prescribing sunshine (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-21-doctors-sunshine-good_x.htm - broken link)
"Dr. Holick and other experts say 1,000 units a day are needed, an amount few people consume through foods or supplements. Sunshine must fill in the gap. ''Between 90 percent and 95 percent of most people's vitamin D comes from casual exposure to sunlight,''
"Dr. Grant calculated that 85,000 fewer cases of cancer and 30,000 fewer cancer deaths would occur each year if everyone got as much sun as people living in the Southwest."
It already is taxed, if you live in a state with a sales tax. I pay almost 7% tax on mine. But I use less than I used to for the reasons that you mention in your post. And I don't trust the chemicals in sunscreens, either.
From a financial perspective, taxing sunscreens will not generate enough revenue to support the new health care plan.
Therefore, I advocate taxing the sun.Anyone caught exposing themselves to sunlight will be taxed within an inch of your life. People will be required to be screened at local airports for any signs/symptoms of sunburn.
Any evidence of sunburn will be a felony.........all future housing must be built underground.........
citizens will be relocated from Arizona/New Mexico to "shade camps" in the Pacific Northwest...........
wait, I'm not done....where did I leave my meds?..who took my ziplock baggie? No, honestly, its Oregano! Yes, oregano has seeds & stems......ok,ok, but its for my glaucoma
On the radio they mentioned that this is a racist sexist tax!
The mentioned that more then 90% of the people tanning are white females so no black people get taxed and therefor it is racist!
I'm just stating what was said on the radio and IMO it is ridiculous to tax this.
People should be wise enough to know what is good and not the federal government taxing things to prevent things to happen....sooner than later they start to tax anything the government doesn't like and which is only bad if you over due or over use it...IMO they should start taxing it if you use it more then 30 weeks a year, or something not if you want to use it once or a few times a year...This thing is going to put more businesses out of business!
It already is taxed, if you live in a state with a sales tax. I pay almost 7% tax on mine. But I use less than I used to for the reasons that you mention in your post. And I don't trust the chemicals in sunscreens, either.
Doesn't matter..the whole agenda is to tax us into hell...if they really cared about people getting cancer they would find ways to fix the machines to where they wouldn't give us cancer as well, but they just want to tax things and not get rid of the death trap of suntanning beds ....i say that because if they think it was so unhealthy then why allow those machines to still be used?
On the radio they mentioned that this is a racist sexist tax!
The mentioned that more then 90% of the people tanning are white females so no black people get taxed and therefor it is racist!
I'm just stating what was said on the radio and IMO it is ridiculous to tax this.
People should be wise enough to know what is good and not the federal government taxing things to prevent things to happen....sooner than later they start to tax anything the government doesn't like and which is only bad if you over due or over use it...IMO they should start taxing it if you use it more then 30 weeks a year, or something not if you want to use it once or a few times a year...This thing is going to put more businesses out of business!
Next will be beer?
It might be racist - because in reality black people need these tanning beds MORE than whites need them at least in regions that are often overcast and cloudy.
Whites can get by with less sun because they don't have the melanin blocking the UV rays and so get more Vitamin D with less sunlight, but black people haven't adapted to cloudy climates the same way and so end up with greater Vitamin D deficiencies and all the problems that go with that. Including high blood pressure problems and certain cancers.
so if it causes cancer, and they are so worried about our health then why not ban tanning booths instead...maybe could it be because they want to make a profit?
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Anyone caught exposing themselves to sunlight will be taxed within an inch of your life. People will be required to be screened at local airports for any signs/symptoms of sunburn.
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..who took my ziplock baggie? No, honestly, its Oregano! Yes, oregano has seeds & stems......ok,ok, but its for my glaucoma
