Does tanning the skin cause skin damage or not? Especially to white women (women’s skin being thinner than men’s).
Sources I have seen say that the damaging rays from tanning booths are 2-3 times stronger than those from the sun.
What does it matter? Does the fact that something is bad for you give the government the right to tax or outlaw it?
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
* John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), Ch. I
Here in Alaska where there is no or very little sunlight for a good part of the the year, the health benefits of increased vitamin "D" production and the reduction of seasonal affective disorder far outweigh the cancer risk.