Medical Group Wants Legislators To Keep Teens Away From Tanning Beds

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — If the holiday season inspires your teen to head to the tanning salon, take note. The Maryland State Medical Society is asking the General Assembly to keep the under-18s out of tanning beds. Political reporter Pat Warren explains previous efforts to ban those tans have failed.

The artificial light of a tanning bed led to their darkest hours. Heidi Edmonds and Jane Shapiro testified to that in Annapolis last year.

“We grew up going to the beach, going to the tanning salons to get a base tan,” said Edmonds.

“I’ve got a hole in my scalp under my hear that you can’t see,” said Shapiro.

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