Tanning

SALT LAKE CITY -- Parents will be required to accompany their children when they use tanning beds under a law passed by Utah lawmakers.

CLEARFIELD -- If he were king for a day, Davis County Health Director Lewis R. Garrett would ban anyone under age 18 from using tanning beds because of the health risks.

Instead, Garrett is willing to work through the system and intends to be actively involved during the 2012 legislative session in an attempt to put more restrictions on teens visiting tanning salons.

Garrett said part of that effort will include a push to revisit a 2006 county health policy in which parents are required to accompany their teens to the tanning salon.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he signed legislation prohibiting minors from using tanning beds,. The ban is the nation's first.

WASHINGTON -- Help is on the way if you're confused by sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Starting next summer, you can find SPF 15 bottles and tubes with the label "broad spectrum" and feel confident they're lowering your risk of skin cancer.

For young people in North Carolina, getting that bronzed summer glow could become more complicated and costly.

The Youth Skin Cancer Prevention Act, a bill sponsored by three senators who also are doctors, would require people younger than 18 to have a physician's prescription to tan indoors.

Opponents say the legislation encroaches on parental rights and goes too far in regulating an industry that already faces many restrictions. Those in favor say it would help to reduce melanoma, one of the most common and dangerous forms of skin cancer for adolescents and young adults, significantly cutting treatment costs.