Comment Number: 546631-00038
Received: 1/31/2010
Commenter: Ellen Frankel
Organization: Ellen H. Frankel, M. D.
State: RI
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Rule: Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter of the Indoor Tanning Association; FTC File No. 082 3159
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Comments:

As a practicing pediatric and adult dermatologist, who has witnessed first hand the rise in Melanoma, I feel it behooves the government to provide stict and stringent guidelines prohibiting tanning. As we are aware, the number 1 cause of death in women between the ages of 18 and 29 is melanoma, which is directly related to tanning parlor/UV exposure.