California Bans Tanning Beds for Under 18 Years Old

DrPhil · #1 10-10-2011, 10:00 AM

Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44837627...uty/?gt1=43001

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It can be argued that these types of laws protect us from ourselves and protect us from others.

If people need laws to tell them to stop ruining their children's bodies with tanning beds, so be it. People can still ruin their children's bodies with obsessive sun tanning. Have at it.

agzg · #2 10-10-2011, 10:52 AM

So is this just because of the UV rays or also some of the same thing that drives some businesses to prohibit kids from using hot tubs as well?

I've been in a tanning bed once - it was mighty hot.

DrPhil · #3 10-10-2011, 10:55 AM

It's the anti-orange movement for kids.

christiangirl · #4 10-11-2011, 06:08 PM

Oh well. I guess the kids will just have to go lay out in the sun like the common folk. The horror.

33girl · #5 10-11-2011, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Oh well. I guess the kids will just have to go lay out in the sun like the common folk. The horror.

Yes, but that takes a lot longer and this day & age's overscheduled kids don't have the time. I'm not a fan of nanny state ishness either, but I have to say this is overdue.

aephi alum · #6 10-12-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Yes, but that takes a lot longer and this day & age's overscheduled kids don't have the time.

Oh, I dunno. The kids can lay out in the sun with their study materials or a good book - or, more likely, a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or iPad that they can use to waste time on Facebook while catching some rays.

agzg · #7 10-10-2011, 11:14 AM

LOL. I only ask because the one time I went I felt like I was being cooked from the inside out. Since I didn't get any "results" (but it made me feel itchy - doin' it wrong?) I never went back but I know that some businesses (hotels, water parks) don't like children in their hot tubs because of the "cooking from the inside out" thing.

KSUViolet06 · #8 10-10-2011, 12:15 PM

CA is banning tanning for under 18 year olds, but really, if they want to tan they'll just lay out. You can't ban laying out.

I've never been in a tanning bed (for obvious reasons) but the tanning bed scene in one of the Final Destination movies was more than enough for me to know everything I needed to know about tanning beds.

Mevara · #9 10-10-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

the tanning bed scene in one of the Final Destination movies was more than enough for me to know everything I needed to know about tanning beds.

I don't know if I should LOL that comment or sarcastically thank you for reminding me of that scene which I now can't get out of my head.

victoriana · #10 10-10-2011, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I've never been in a tanning bed (for obvious reasons) but the tanning bed scene in one of the Final Destination movies was more than enough for me to know everything I needed to know about tanning beds.

Yup!! I know exactly what you're talking about and I agree. Scared the bejeezus out of me.

DrPhil · #11 10-10-2011, 04:29 PM

This scene?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4bnqMhmrJs

victoriana · #12 10-10-2011, 05:21 PM

Not watching!! NOT WATCHING!!! I saw it once and never need to see it again. But yes... orange skin is ugly.

knight_shadow · #13 10-10-2011, 05:26 PM

This reminded me of the scene in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Not as disgusting as the Final Destination scene, but still.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtcANkUtjOc

summer_gphib · #14 10-10-2011, 05:46 PM

Meh, I grew up with a tanning bed in my house. Its not really them that make you orange as the products that some people use with them and spray tans. That being said, the ones today are a lot stronger than the ones we had around 1985. I wouldn't be against it however, if there was a way to get parental consent or override. At least for some people, it really does help eczema.

AXOmom · #15 10-10-2011, 05:50 PM

Back in the last century when the closest thing we had to a tanning bed were space blankets (think 1970's). My younger sister and her best friend came up with a genius idea (or so they thought) for tanning quickly. They rubbed themselves in Crisco shortening (yes, shortening!) and laid out on space blankets for 3 1/2 hours. The result was about as gruesome as anything Final Destination could come with. LOL. Unfortunately you can't ban stupidity.