A stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing sector is largely responsible for an up-tick in underlying optimism about the U.S. economy heading into 2011 — all of which is good news for service and retail industries like the professional indoor tanning community.

The …

Smart Tan is always saying that if pharmaceutical companies could sell sunshine, they would in a heartbeat. It looks like one municipality is considering selling it themselves. Jerry Sanders, the mayor of San Diego, recently proposed that the city should …

“Working on a tan is analogous to training muscles; both, if done in moderation and reasonably, serve a worthwhile purpose.” — Dr. Bernard Ackerman, founder of the New York City-based Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology and author of The Sun and …

About one-third of tanning business owners felt 2010 was a stronger year than they expected according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late December. That’s an upside heading into the 2011 tanning season.

According to the poll, almost half of …

The independent Vitamin D Council suggests that people should use a sunbed in the winter — being careful to avoid a sunburn — as one of the primary ways to make sufficient vitamin D.

Dr. John Cannell, founder of The …

Internet health education web site NaturalNews.com is calling for people to re-examine the relatively small risk of melanoma, often put out of perspective by groups linked to those who profit from anti-sun messaging.

In an article titled “Skin cancer risk …

Smart Tan is continuing its highly successful webinar series in January and February, offering courses featuring material from classes from Smart Tan Downtown in Nashville Oct. 22-24 that were popular but which were concurrent to other courses.

“The first three …

New research showing how the body actually metabolizes vitamin D supports the fact that sun exposure to the skin is the only natural and reliable way to process natural and intended levels of “the sunshine vitamin.”

The Vitamin D Council …