Proposed Law Would Ban All Illinois Minors from Tanning Beds
Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit teens 17 and younger from tanning in sunless tanning beds.
New legislation introduced Friday would prohibit all Illinois minors from using sunless tanning beds. Senate Bill 2244, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), would ban Illinois minors age 17 and younger from sunless tanning. Currently, minors ages 14 to 17 are allowed to tan if they provide a parent's signature. Radogno said in a press release that lawmakers need to take more serious action to prevent the "potentially deadly effects" of tanning. “Just as we don’t give children the option to smoke, they shouldn’t be allowed to tan indoors—which medical studies show is a dangerous, and even deadly, practice,” Radogno said in a statement. “The light from indoor tanning beds is considered a Class 1 carcinogen, and …
Jeff
5:23 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
On the bright side, as a collegue of mine stated, at least our legislators are focusing on low value topics like this instead of doing damage elsewhere. Like large sugary drinks in NYC and sex toys in Georgia. All by a government that wants to be the parent of our children, the moral guide for the people, and that has absolutely no respect the rights and freedoms of the individual. All this, … more ›