Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Local Agencies Applaud Tanning Bed Legislation

The Northwestern Health Unit and the regional Canadian Cancer Society are both applauding a provincial move to ban tanning beds to anyone aged 18 and under.

The Ontario Legislature has unanimously passed the Skin Cancer Prevention Act.

The act also prohibits marketing of tanning services to teens and requires tanning bed operators to ID anyone who looks under the age of 35.

Local Cancer Society officials say they have been working on this issue for 7-years and it's a long time coming.