Doctors and Lawmakers Say Tanning Beds Should Be Banned for Teens: Good Move?

by The Big Question Posted 2011/04/11 19:04:41

Related Topics: teenagers, Tanning Beds, Skin Cancer, Melanoma

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TheMadChameleon 2011/04/12 02:18:42

Yes

+5
Hey guys, I have this awesome idea! You can get tan for REALLY cheap! It's called THE SUN. Or you can be like me and take amusement in your pasty flesh, and be quite happy when you make it to 40 without skin cancer.
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Traveller 2011/11/13 18:41:19

Yes

They are more dangerous than good.

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Concerned Voter 2011/04/13 03:03:20

Yes

I made me sick in my soul and in my heart how a few years ago a beautiful youg girl accidentally microwaved her insides out when she repeated used those things several times in one day to get a tan for the prom.

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The_Edge 2011/04/12 06:00:18

No

It's none of their business as long as a parent signs for them. What's next, patrolling the skies above house with swimming pools and assuring that there are no kids absorbing harmful UV? Is it better to have them go out in the sun ghost white and fry if they are going to Hawaii or Mexico for vacation as opposed to slowly and gradually building a decent base tan? Just more intrusion from good old FedZilla, the Monster that eats Freedom. I have an idea, how about banning all the limos in Washington D.C. and making the fat bast....ds walk to work? Especially Shirley Jackson Lee.

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Death 2011/04/12 05:21:40

No

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If teens cant use tanning beds....how will I know which girls are shallow?

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The_Edge to Death 2011/04/12 06:01:56

The ones that get spray tanned.

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DEMONN NINNJA 2011/04/12 05:00:58

No

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It's a choice, a bad one but still that shouldn't be up to the Gov.

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The_Edge to DEMONN ... 2011/04/12 06:00:38

+1
100% in agreement.

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mrdog 2011/04/12 04:58:41

No

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Don't like Lawmakers telling anybody what they should or shouldn't do...
Warning is enough....parents can handle their teens not Big Bro...bark

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WshngMchn 2011/04/12 04:44:32

No

Git that gawrsh drabbed gubernment outta my tannin' salon!

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Anna 2011/04/12 04:31:27

No

Just their kind. The Joseph Mercola kind is awesome!!!!!!

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PanDuh 2011/04/12 04:28:37

Yes

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Hey, if you have to be 18 or older to buy cancer on a stick you should be 18 or older to lay on a bed that can give you cancer.

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Stef 2011/04/12 04:09:09

No

Parents need to step up and be parents. Kids know the risk, parents know the risk, they can decide if they want to take it or not.

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Knight Of Blood 2011/04/12 04:08:47

No

umm...no. as if i would get a spray tan. the tanning bed is better, and if i wanna risk it, let me.

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Delta 2011/04/12 04:04:13

Yes

Personally I believe there are certain things like tanning beds that should be the decision of an adult to make r/t the risk involved and with risk there comes personal responsibility and a person under legal age of consent isn't adult enough to make those decisions. There are lots of things that should only be allowed at the age of 21. Statistics show that most teenagers are killed by driving and most of us know that these young people are reckless and that most don't have the maturity to be in control of an automobile; however I think the parents should be held responsible for these youngsters until they are of age.

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Melie 2011/04/12 03:50:06

Yes

I think it should be banned for everyone because it not only causes cancer to teens but also to adults. It would also help people not be as fake...

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Delta to Melie 2011/04/12 04:14:07

Adults can make their own decisions about their lives and how they live it. If people keep trying to dictate what other people should do and how they should think and how they should eat and how they interact in society then what is the point? This type of indoctrination is grouping people into herds of sheep, where there is a leader and the rest just follow and take commands. This is no more than people on the level of animals. Is this what is to come? Domination and Dictation of a society that once was great.

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Melie to Delta 2011/04/12 06:56:16

I agree, but when it comes to CANCER, I think people should try their best to avoid it, and if that involves a law being proposed then so be it. Teens can also make their own decisions too, but of course they can be stubborn, but aren't some adults too...

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Dogfather 2011/04/12 03:26:56

No

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No. Parents need to step up to the plate and be parents. How many times do we hear people complain about Government trying to run out lives? I don't need the Government raising my kids. That's *my* job.

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Euphonious Munk 2011/04/12 03:17:51

No

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This could lead to more teens in bikinis out in public, which would be hot.

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Melie to Euphoni... 2011/04/12 03:51:53

+2
ew pervert

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Knight ... to Euphoni... 2011/04/12 04:10:11

+3
perv

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Anna to Euphoni... 2011/04/12 04:33:41

If you look up Joseph Mercola online about tanning beds (he sells them too), he's got a good kind that tanning places were supposed to make some few years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

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Job 2011/04/12 02:50:58

No

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They shouldn't be banned for teenagers any more then they should be banned for adults. BOTH teenagers and adults should be warned that exessive use can cause skin cancer, however. Doctors and politicians should not meddle with private lives, it's none of their gaul-dam-business.

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Col. Klink's Ugly Little Br... 2011/04/12 02:32:49

Yes

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I have used a tanning bed myself, I'm not "really" against them. I believe that parent should have the final say in their childrens appearence.

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Delta to Col. Kl... 2011/04/12 04:14:58

Isn't this the job of the parent?

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Col. Kl... to Delta 2011/04/12 04:26:32

Yes very much so.

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JeffSnavely 2011/04/12 02:32:36

No

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I think this is a slippery slope.

Our country has shown an increasing willingness to restrict the behavior of the other guy. Sooner or later, they're going to get around to banning one of YOUR activities. How are you going to feel then?

It's one thing to try to protect the public from the actions of an individual, but I cannot agree with the nanny state we are slowly trying to build.

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(▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) 2011/04/12 02:25:55

Yes

Yes

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Mopeder 2011/04/12 02:24:36

No

+1
That sounds about stupid.

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TheMadChameleon 2011/04/12 02:18:42

Yes

+5
Hey guys, I have this awesome idea! You can get tan for REALLY cheap! It's called THE SUN. Or you can be like me and take amusement in your pasty flesh, and be quite happy when you make it to 40 without skin cancer.

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Delta to TheMadC... 2011/04/12 04:16:00

+1
You know Elvira was sexy with her white skin.

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Princess Cadance 2011/04/12 02:17:12

No

+2
If people want to risk getting skin cancer, that's their problem.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2011/04/12 02:10:24

+2
GET OUTSIDE, KIDS...... DON'T BURN IN BEDS!

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Knight ... to MOMMA T... 2011/04/12 04:11:58

teens arent "kids"

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PanDuh to Knight ... 2011/04/12 04:26:43

+1
Not adults yet.

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Knight ... to PanDuh 2011/04/12 04:34:05

were in between. i take it as an insult when someone calls me a "kid"

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MOMMA T... to Knight ... 2011/04/12 09:00:14

THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU'LL WISH TO BE CALLED A KID AGAIN.... GREAT GRANDMA.

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Hales 2011/04/12 01:57:04

Yes

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I don't understand why some teens can't just accept that they're skin is the way it is??

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ThePurpleHaze 2011/04/12 01:06:14

No

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Why is it suddenly healthy for someone 18 to use a tanning bed? I don't see how it is fair to only ban it for children.

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Delta to ThePurp... 2011/04/12 04:17:18

Because 18 is supposed to be the age of an adult but we know that isn't true for everyone.

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