<![CDATA[Jezebel: tanning salons]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: tanning salons]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/tanningsalons http://jezebel.com/tag/tanningsalons <![CDATA[Lawmakers To Protect Teens From Leathery Skin, Cancer]]> With the urging of teen beauty queen Kayla Collier, Florida lawmakers are considering restricting teens from tanning salons. Collier, once an avid tanner, found her first melanoma scab whens he was only 16.

Collier is now 18, and she has fully recovered from her brief fight with skin cancer. She has become a central part of the growing debate on whether or not states should stop teens from visiting tanning salons. Currently 29 states have some regulation on tanning for minors, but some believe that tanning beds should be considered as dangerous, and as be just as restricted, as buying cigarettes. Others argue that it should be up to the parents whether or not teens can tan. Republican senator Mike Bennett is against the bill. "I gotta tell you, you cannot regulate everything in this world," he said. "I suppose we could say the same thing and outlaw tanning on the beach." [ABCNews]

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Best Week Ever has just posted what has to be the most disturbing video we've seen all day (other than Jenny getting harassed by the manager of Victoria's Secret, but that's a matter for tomorrow!). Taken from the new E! show Sunset Tan, the clip shows a young mother dragging her reluctant young daughter to a L.A. tanning salon and spending $1300 so that the girl "stands out" — "like Lindsay Lohan!" — for her primary-school pictures. Anyway, there's more horror within but we'll let the kids over at Best Week Ever sum up the insanity for us.

Unemployment Check: This Video Contains All The Reasons Why Our Society Is Doomed [BestWeekEver]

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