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"   You probably know by now that the senate put a tan tax (a 10% tax on the use of indoor tanning equipment that delivers UV radiation) in their version of the new health care bill. The bill isn&amp;#039;t finalized yet, but still, we&amp;#039;re thrilled. Unsurprisingly, however, tanning salons are pissed. The Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) is unhappy with the tax too because it would increase prices and potentially drive away costumers. So they&amp;#039;re trying to fight it. And they&amp;#039;re asking young women (the demographic group that has scarily high rates of skin cancer) to help! How messed up is that?! In fact, this morning one of the Cosmo staffers who went undercover for our 20/20 indoor tanning story received an e-mail from a salon she investigated, asking her to support the ITA&amp;#039;s efforts to get the tan tax cut from the bill. Obviously we won&amp;#039;t be supporting the removal of the tan tax. And we recommend that you don&amp;#039;t either, considering indoor tanning is a known carcinogen and has been linked to melanoma, the second most commonly reported cancer for women in their 20s. Have you received any e-mails from tanning salons asking for your support in removing the tan tax? If so, let us know below what they wrote to you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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