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" If you&amp;#039;re still baking your bod at a tanning salon \u2014 despite all the scary-true stuff we&amp;#039;ve told you about how it turns your skin to leather, and worse \u2014 maybe this news will finally get you to change your ways. A major scientific report has just reclassified indoor tanning devices as &amp;quot;definitely carcinogenic.&amp;quot; Translation: Fake-baking definitely causes cancer, just like cigarettes do \u2014 and often at a much younger age. Not only that, if you start the skin-cooking habit before age 30, your risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest of the three forms of skin cancer, increases by an unbelievable 75 percent. Guess it&amp;#039;s no surprise that melanoma rates among young women have tripled since the 1970s. So c&amp;#039;mon, time to stop torturing your skin. To give you extra incentive, we came up with a list of cool splurges you could enjoy if you weren&amp;#039;t shelling out $40 monthly to maintain a bronze glow: The habit: Indoor tanning (20 minutes max time) three times a week The cost: $40, on average (higher-end salons cost more, and some places offer special intro deals) What you could have bought:  Four manicures   13 lattes A pretty, lacy bra Burgers and beer for you and your guy at a neighborhood place 40 songs downloaded onto your iPod 4 pizza deliveries The first round at happy hour for you and a group of coworkers  And if you swear it off for a whole year, you could buy:  3 pairs of high-end skinny jeans A Caribbean getaway or cruise A Coach bag 240 SPF-infused lip balms 480 bottles of water 2 bottles of Cristal  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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