- Signatures: 387
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 12-31-2003
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The Tanning Industry has been maligned by the media for too long and the dramatic 'stories' and half-truths need to stop! On behalf of the group of small business owners that make up the Indoor Tanning Salon Owners, their clients, potential clients & the general public, we need to stop the media scare!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | What segment of the industry to you represent? (ie. salon owner, bed manufa | Please place your comments here. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 4:46 pm PDT, Sep 22 | Mrs. | Elizabeth Ashe | Wilmington | California | I am a salon owner for going on six years now and I am feeling the effects of all the bashing. | I can not believe how people can get so brainwashed by the media . I have clients that have been sent by Drs. to tan for all manner of reasons; excema, a skin problem which tanning clears up,arthritis, depesssion, to help your body produce vitamin D which we all lack, and it is a controlled environment so you don't get burned!!! thank you, Elizabeth Ashe |
| 386 | 10:19 am PDT, May 10 | Anonymous | fulshear | Texas | |||
| 385 | 4:04 pm PST, Dec 16 | Anonymous | Old Monroe | Missouri | Cancer centers. People who have been diagnosed with cancer, or possibly have died from it. | I think this petition is ridiculous. You are fooling yourselves if you really think that this petition is actually truthful. Of course tanning needs to be stopped. Do you know how many people are dying of melanoma, a cancer formed from tanning beds. This year there has already been 59,000 dignoses of it! That is insane. You can't really think that having this addictive and horrible habit is benificial. If you do, have a nice life; sooner or later, you will regret it, because you will be thirty five years old with tough, leathery skin, wrinkles all over, and no hair, puking, and super sick from your chemo treatments. Oh yeah, you may possibly be dead too. That's fine though, if you want to throw away the rest of your life just so you can look orange for a couple of months, so be it. Enjoy your life while it lasts. | |
| 384 | 10:34 pm PDT, May 19 | Anonymous | United States | ||||
| 383 | 7:44 pm PDT, May 1 | Ms. | jessica lee | el reno | Oklahoma | owner | |
| 382 | 3:38 am PST, Nov 28 | Szilvia Veronika Nagy | Debrecen | Salon Owner | |||
| 381 | 1:55 pm PDT, Jul 17 | Jayde dbfhas | Hollister | Florida | Salon Staff Gotta Tan and Beachwear Palatka, St. Augustine | ||
| 380 | 2:27 pm PDT, Jul 2 | terry angle | st augustine | Florida | Salon Owner, Gotta Tan and Beachwear | ||
| 379 | 9:11 am PST, Feb 19 | michael lussier | north providence | Rhode Island | tanner | ||
| 378 | 9:31 am PST, Jan 18 | Ms. | Heather Oliver | Kinder | Louisiana | TANNER | I think tanning is a choice that we make for our selves. I feel that what ever we want to do to OUR bodies we should be allowed to.I have been tanning 3 times a week since I was 12, I am now 18 and I am perfectly fine. This is a choice I made for myself and it is no ones bussiness what I do !!!! |
| 377 | 1:27 pm PST, Jan 17 | Anonymous | palatka | Florida | |||
| 376 | 12:06 pm PST, Jan 15 | Ms. | kathy childres | rocky mount | North Carolina | tanning salon | |
| 375 | 2:26 pm PDT, Aug 10 | millissa angle | palatka | Florida | salon owner | ||
| 374 | 9:52 pm PDT, Aug 9 | Ashley Whittemore | Durham | North Carolina | tanner, former tanning equipment operator | The media in this country tends to feed on any bit of negativity that it can get it's greasy paws on. Whether it is a small minute negative morsel or a huge one, the media eats it up. It is a rare occasion that you can turn on your local news, or look in a newspaper, etc, and find a positive note. Most Americans are smart enough to learn both sides of an argument and make their own decisions, but it is easy to be swayed by media, the media may want to focus on more important issues, such as abuse, the state of our country, or any other number of issues. If you are educated and tan responsibly, there is very minimal harm that can be done. As a certified tanning equipment operator for the state of South Carolina, I have been trained and educated in all areas of indoor tanning. There is of course danger if you abuse the tanning bed, but used responsibly, and with the knowledge that your salon should provide you, it is safe. And, basically, the bottom line, is that tanners are adults, who have been provided with excellent info on indoor tanning, and the precautions you should take ( at least if you are patronizing a respectable salon), and as adults, and Americans, we have the right to make our own decisions, and to weigh the consequences on our own. | |
| 373 | 5:11 pm PDT, Jul 10 | Chelsea Furlong | New Haven | Connecticut | lifelong tanner | My skin cancers have been very small and easily removed with minor surgery. And I think the tanning helps the facial scars fade faster! They have all been basal and squamous cell, the "non-deadly" form anyways. | |
| 372 | 11:47 am PDT, Jul 2 | Mrs. | Denise Malario | Farmington | Connecticut | customer | I find the benefits of tanning unsurpassed. I fell better about myself and spend less time tanning in harmful sun rays outdoors. |
| 371 | 1:59 pm PDT, Jun 18 | Ms. | cRYSTAL cARRION | cumberland | Rhode Island | ||
| 370 | 1:07 am PDT, May 15 | Steve Klein | . | Armed Forces Americas | |||
| 369 | 9:29 am PDT, May 1 | stephanie lessard | Derry | New Hampshire | |||
| 368 | 9:38 am PDT, Apr 30 | Mrs. | Alison Lewis | Huntsville | Texas | Salon Owner | |
| 367 | 11:01 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Kaci Catanese | Elyria | Ohio | |||
| 366 | 1:50 am PDT, Apr 25 | Thomas Pirovano | Bern | Armed Forces Americas | |||
| 365 | 9:17 pm PDT, Apr 2 | Ms. | Chloe skywalker | calgary | i love tanning and i go every 4 weeks and i do not have skin cancer and have been tanning sence i was 12 tanning rocks | ||
| 364 | 2:57 pm PDT, Sep 23 | Anonymous | Fort Wayne | Indiana | tanner | I think it is wonderful to go indoor tanning when its rainy and snowy out it helps you relax and also makes you look a lot healthier. | |
| 363 | 11:17 pm PST, Nov 1 | Anonymous | -*/ | ||||
| 362 | 8:06 pm PDT, Aug 11 | Tonya Dawn | Spring City | Pennsylvania | I currently just got wrongly terminated from a Hollywood Tans Corporation but, I am not giving up - I am also looking in to becoming an owner of my own salon in the next few months. | The tanning salon is a great get away. Customers come to relax and get their minds off of the petty fuss that they just walked in from. I agree that the media needs to move on and start picking on something new in world - hopefully nothing related to the tanning industry of course : ) | |
| 361 | 7:14 pm PDT, Jul 11 | Regina Buttram | Huntsville | Tennessee | Salon Owner and Tanner! | ||
| 360 | 11:48 am PDT, May 4 | Anonymous | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | Tanner | Down with the media! | |
| 359 | 1:22 am PDT, Apr 25 | Jenna Hartman | Antelope | California | Tanner | ||
| 358 | 4:14 pm PDT, Apr 18 | Jodi Heath | Spencer | Ohio | owner | ||
| 357 | 12:56 pm PDT, Apr 4 | Curtis Ryan | Spring Branch | Texas | Owner | The media is one sided. They never print anything possitive. The researchers of UV light come up with scientific answers that are conclusive with about UV exposure and the media allways prints the oposite. Gene Researchers have determined that 70 to 80 percent of skin cancers have a mutated BRAF gene, but their research shows that the mutation shows no signs of being caused by UV light. It is quite concerning that this information never gets any print, and that all anti-tanning suggestions say UV may cause cancer, when the scientist that do the studies say it doen't show any markers that relate to UV. | |
| 356 | 6:31 am PST, Mar 25 | Debbie Hovis | Rock Hill | South Carolina | Tanner | ||
| 355 | 6:22 am PST, Feb 25 | John Rooks | Fort Wayne | Indiana | I work for a salon. Bare Image 1 & 2. | I feel that before the goverment and press make their negiative comments about the tanning industry they need to make sure that evry thing they are saying is 100% correct | |
| 354 | 2:41 pm PST, Jan 19 | Jean Cornelison | Orange Park | Florida | tanner | ||
| 353 | 2:38 pm PST, Jan 19 | Anonymous | Orange Park | Florida | Salon Owner | ||
| 352 | 1:57 pm PST, Jan 15 | Martin Maynard | Shelby Twp. | Michigan | Salon Owner | Media only after ratings. Ignores numerous benefits of tanning in moderation. | |
| 351 | 12:25 pm PST, Jan 12 | Anonymous | New Haven | Indiana | salon owner |
Media bashing of indoor tanning is unfair and has to stop!
The Indoor Tanning Industry has been the target of a media feeding frenzy for years. This is allowing half-truths to be told, facts overlooked and studies ignored. It allows the media to feed the public the sensationalism that people crave and at what cost? They are trying to destroy an industry, take away jobs and close businesses all because they don't want the other side heard. THE TRUTH!
The medical community and the cosmetic companies are backing this effort by the media because it is money in their pocket. Everytime they can scare you into thinking you are at risk, they can sell you cosmetics with SPF in them, they can charge you for unnecessary doctor visits and they can continue to take your money. This has gotten out of hand and the buck stops HERE! Now is the time to be proactive, speak out, be heard and stand up for your rights! The medical community is allowed to claim whatever they want but the tanning industry has a gag-order imposed that makes it impossible for any of us to defend ourselves or the industry. We need to have this gag-order lifted! The press would have you think that UV in any form is dangerous and we are not allowed to rebutt this. As the FDA / FTC has gagged the Indoor Tanning Professionals from being able to advertise the BENEFITS of UV Light and the DANGERS of Under Exposure it has made us into their bound and gagged prisoner. There is Good, Bad and Ugly in everything. The real journalist should be dealing with ALL of these.
Citing a recent article written by Paul Recer entitled, "Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk": This scare-tactic was picked up by over 130 media centers including the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the NY Post! The Associated Press (AP) provides content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations, and as such, it should shoulder the responsibility for FAIR and ACCURATE news reporting. We all grew up looking to the News (print and broadcast) as a way to learn the facts. The Indoor Tanning Industry is no stranger to being a TARGET for Media Sensationalism. Indeed, the stories of ‘cooked organs’ are only slightly less horrendous then the ‘Science and Health’ Headings of news stories such as Paul Recer’s "Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk" October 2003.
We are now coming to the conclusion that BIG MONEY and BIG BUSINESS AGENDAS can and do supercede the need to providing the general public with the HONEST TRUTH. This is just ONE example of the injustices done to the Tanning Industry every day across the country! Recer's article, and the abstract from the research study differ from each other. The abstract conclusion reads: Conclusions: Our results confirm previous findings that hair color, number of nevi on the legs, and history of sunburn are risk factors for melanoma and suggest that use of a solarium is also associated with melanoma risk. Adolescence and early adulthood appear to be among the most sensitive age periods for the effects of sunburn and solarium use on melanoma risk. However, it may be too early to see the full effect of adult exposures in this cohort.
The conclusion purposely separated solarium use from the factors that ARE risks for melanoma, Recer did not.
The article (and many others like it) seek to only forward two agendas; (1) a Sensational Read for the news source to chalk up as a ‘winner’ (2) to promote an agenda of SUN SCARE for major advertisers like the Billion Dollar Cosmetic Companies that are pushing sunscreens. The FACTS are NOT necessary in articles like these. The author expects the American and World Wide Reading Public to accept the words – as is - it MUST be TRUE; it’s in the paper!
Make your voice heard...whether you are an avid tanner, a lotion manufacturer or someone who has never even tanned, you need to speak out now to ensure that the FACTS are told and the ability to tan will prosper. This petition is being sent out on the behalf of Indoor Tanning Clients, Indoor Tanning Salon Owners and the general public, whose very health is put at risk by agenda riddled Reports and Articles that do not provide all the facts - worse, that are providing misinformation in a way that could cause the public to make Health and Lifestyle choices that can harm their body in years to come.The Associated Press has the RESPONSIBILITY to provide the TRUTH. Not the American Medical Association’s spin on the Truth. Not the Billion Dollar Advertising Baby of the Cosmetic and SPF companies’ version of the Truth. Not the Indoor Tanning Industry’s philosophy of the Truth. JUST the HONEST, RESEARCHED, VERIFIED facts gained from all sides of this very important issue!!!
· The public deserves to hear the facts concerning the RISKS of Over Exposure and Under Exposure to Natural and Artificial sunlight.
· The Service Providers of Indoor Tanning deserve to be treated with respect and not attacked by the media with biased and slanted attempts to shut down their businesses.
· The public deserves to be aware of the hidden agenda behind the yearly bashing of all Indoor Tanning services – the concern for their skin is NOT the cause for these attacks, rather it is the almighty dollar that spurs it on.
· The science behind the benefits of UV Light and the benefits it has on the human body, and psychological well being SHOULD be presented along side any ‘fact finding mission’ on the Benefits and Risks of Ultraviolet Light.
· The general public deserves to be treated with respect and dignity – not a bunch of mindless sheep. Provide a WELL BALANCED presentation of the facts of all sides of the UV Issue and allow the Humans that read them make their OWN INFORMED DECISIONS --- STOP scaring them with manipulated reports that only serve to misrepresent the reality of Sunlight and Indoor Tanning
You, the reader of this petition, may have the right to fair and accurate information in the news your read and view - BUT you are NOT GETTING IT.
By signing this petition - you are VOICING your DEMAND to have your rights respected, regardless if you Tan indoors or not. The tyranny of Health Care, it's constant seeking of the additional Co-Pays, it's financially gifted relationship with the Major Cosmetics and Sunscreen companies needs to STOP being the deciding factor on WHAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU AS TRUTH. This is not only the AP, but any news source that spreads biased information should be held accountable for the health risks they are potentially the cause of.
The medical community and the cosmetic companies are backing this effort by the media because it is money in their pocket. Everytime they can scare you into thinking you are at risk, they can sell you cosmetics with SPF in them, they can charge you for unnecessary doctor visits and they can continue to take your money. This has gotten out of hand and the buck stops HERE! Now is the time to be proactive, speak out, be heard and stand up for your rights! The medical community is allowed to claim whatever they want but the tanning industry has a gag-order imposed that makes it impossible for any of us to defend ourselves or the industry. We need to have this gag-order lifted! The press would have you think that UV in any form is dangerous and we are not allowed to rebutt this. As the FDA / FTC has gagged the Indoor Tanning Professionals from being able to advertise the BENEFITS of UV Light and the DANGERS of Under Exposure it has made us into their bound and gagged prisoner. There is Good, Bad and Ugly in everything. The real journalist should be dealing with ALL of these.
Citing a recent article written by Paul Recer entitled, "Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk": This scare-tactic was picked up by over 130 media centers including the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the NY Post! The Associated Press (AP) provides content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations, and as such, it should shoulder the responsibility for FAIR and ACCURATE news reporting. We all grew up looking to the News (print and broadcast) as a way to learn the facts. The Indoor Tanning Industry is no stranger to being a TARGET for Media Sensationalism. Indeed, the stories of ‘cooked organs’ are only slightly less horrendous then the ‘Science and Health’ Headings of news stories such as Paul Recer’s "Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk" October 2003.
We are now coming to the conclusion that BIG MONEY and BIG BUSINESS AGENDAS can and do supercede the need to providing the general public with the HONEST TRUTH. This is just ONE example of the injustices done to the Tanning Industry every day across the country! Recer's article, and the abstract from the research study differ from each other. The abstract conclusion reads: Conclusions: Our results confirm previous findings that hair color, number of nevi on the legs, and history of sunburn are risk factors for melanoma and suggest that use of a solarium is also associated with melanoma risk. Adolescence and early adulthood appear to be among the most sensitive age periods for the effects of sunburn and solarium use on melanoma risk. However, it may be too early to see the full effect of adult exposures in this cohort.
The conclusion purposely separated solarium use from the factors that ARE risks for melanoma, Recer did not.
The article (and many others like it) seek to only forward two agendas; (1) a Sensational Read for the news source to chalk up as a ‘winner’ (2) to promote an agenda of SUN SCARE for major advertisers like the Billion Dollar Cosmetic Companies that are pushing sunscreens. The FACTS are NOT necessary in articles like these. The author expects the American and World Wide Reading Public to accept the words – as is - it MUST be TRUE; it’s in the paper!
Make your voice heard...whether you are an avid tanner, a lotion manufacturer or someone who has never even tanned, you need to speak out now to ensure that the FACTS are told and the ability to tan will prosper. This petition is being sent out on the behalf of Indoor Tanning Clients, Indoor Tanning Salon Owners and the general public, whose very health is put at risk by agenda riddled Reports and Articles that do not provide all the facts - worse, that are providing misinformation in a way that could cause the public to make Health and Lifestyle choices that can harm their body in years to come.The Associated Press has the RESPONSIBILITY to provide the TRUTH. Not the American Medical Association’s spin on the Truth. Not the Billion Dollar Advertising Baby of the Cosmetic and SPF companies’ version of the Truth. Not the Indoor Tanning Industry’s philosophy of the Truth. JUST the HONEST, RESEARCHED, VERIFIED facts gained from all sides of this very important issue!!!
· The public deserves to hear the facts concerning the RISKS of Over Exposure and Under Exposure to Natural and Artificial sunlight.
· The Service Providers of Indoor Tanning deserve to be treated with respect and not attacked by the media with biased and slanted attempts to shut down their businesses.
· The public deserves to be aware of the hidden agenda behind the yearly bashing of all Indoor Tanning services – the concern for their skin is NOT the cause for these attacks, rather it is the almighty dollar that spurs it on.
· The science behind the benefits of UV Light and the benefits it has on the human body, and psychological well being SHOULD be presented along side any ‘fact finding mission’ on the Benefits and Risks of Ultraviolet Light.
· The general public deserves to be treated with respect and dignity – not a bunch of mindless sheep. Provide a WELL BALANCED presentation of the facts of all sides of the UV Issue and allow the Humans that read them make their OWN INFORMED DECISIONS --- STOP scaring them with manipulated reports that only serve to misrepresent the reality of Sunlight and Indoor Tanning
You, the reader of this petition, may have the right to fair and accurate information in the news your read and view - BUT you are NOT GETTING IT.
By signing this petition - you are VOICING your DEMAND to have your rights respected, regardless if you Tan indoors or not. The tyranny of Health Care, it's constant seeking of the additional Co-Pays, it's financially gifted relationship with the Major Cosmetics and Sunscreen companies needs to STOP being the deciding factor on WHAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU AS TRUTH. This is not only the AP, but any news source that spreads biased information should be held accountable for the health risks they are potentially the cause of.
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