The Homa Files

These guys just can’t catch a break … now they get hit by studies that tanning can be as addictive as drugs.  Oh my.

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Excerpted from Washington Post,  Study: Indoor tanning may be addictive,  April 20, 2010

Researchers reported in the Archives of Dermatology that as many as a third of young people who use indoor tanning facilities may be addicted to the behavior.

Among people who said they had used indoor tanning facilities in the past, 69 percent met  criteria for addiction.

Among those who scored positive for addiction, 78 percent said they had tried to cut down on the time spent tanning but couldn’t, and 78 percent said they felt guilty about using tanning beds or booths too much.

Further, 26 percent said that, when they wake up in the morning, they want to use a tanning bed or booth, and nearly one in four admitted that they had missed scheduled activities — social, occupational or recreational — because they decided to go to a tanning facility.

The findings are the latest to suggest that tanning, whether natural or indoors, activates the same parts of the brain triggered by drug dependence.

Full article:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2010/04/study_indoor_tanning_may_be_ad.html?wprss=checkup

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