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Geez this is stupid. Next thing you know there will be taxes to do anything unhealthy. Next thing you know there will be special taxes on non-organic food, cigarettes (oh wait! haha), non-energy safe light bulbs, diet pills, lotion without sunscreen....sigh.
I agree. For example, we don't want to use the new fangled lightbulbs because of the risks and procedures for getting rid of them. And the tax on soda and juice drinks they've talked about too? Ugh. It's ridiculous. I definitely don't want to pay more to tan so I'm pretty active with this one.
I don't know... I tan, but I don't mind the tax. Really, tanning is a luxury, not a necessity. Plus I know that by tanning I do put myself at greater risk for some heath issues (though I still choose to do it anyway), and I think it's only right that since my luxury choices will raise the average cost of health care in the country, that I pay a little more to offset that increase.
It's like Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization."
@greenleafmountain I agree with you.
I LOVE to tan and I've off and on tanned for years, but... it's now in the top category for carcinogens. Just like cigarettes. So... yeah, its a luxury and a health hazard, so it's ok to me for them to tax it. Knowing they've got this tax, and that new categorization is really what made me realize I've done enough tanning in my life. Hello bottle tan!
However, I waited till after my wedding to quit, so I can understand wanting to continue tanning! It does feel amazing and I love how I look tan. I just don't want to be leathery too soon and have skin cancer.
They should tax people who are overweight then. I'm pretty sure obesity causes more problems in this nation than tanning. Last I checked heart disease is the #1 killer in America. Childhood diabetes is a huge problem, too.
Tax on my bacon? hmmmmm. I like bacon. That's a toughie 
I just see this as the first step. What is the next thing they tax? I just don't like the way this smells.
PS i don't believe in taxing obese people by any means, I just think it's correlative to rising health care costs. If the government starts taxing unhealthy things, where does it stop??? Makes me nervous as hell.
ejs- they do tax fattening things, that's what the tax on juice drinks and soda is all about. It's not like we're throwing people in jail over these issues or even making the tax prohibitively high. Using luxury taxes to target people who make greater use of certian government resources is nothing new. Look at the tax on gasoline. I drive my car to work, thus I contribute to greater wear and tear on the roads, but I offset that increase through the gas tax. My FI walks to work, doesn't cause as much wear and tear, and doesn't pay as much tax.
Luxury taxes are nothing new. One of the first taxes in Philadelphia in the 18th century was a tax on glass windows. The city authorities figured if you were rich enough to have glass window panes (which were a luxury at the time) then you were rich enough to contribute something to the upkeep of the city. If you were so poor that you had no windows or your windows had no glass in then, then you were considered too poor to afford a tax.
One of the main reasons the American colonists objected so strenuously to the Stamp act and the tax on tea was because they were considered NOT to be luxury taxes. Everyone needed the things that the Stamp Act taxed, like wills, deeds, etc. and tea was not considered a luxury. The outrage was over the fact that the British would tax a necessity instead of a luxury.
/endhistoryrant ;)
I agree ejs4y8. Tanning taxes effect everyone from the occasional tanner to the habitual one. A "bacon tax" would effect people who eat a pack a day and people who want to do bacon-wrapped scallops at a nice party. It's just not right.
Someone compared it to cigarette taxes... but for me, you can't get second-hand tan. And you can't blow tan in my face and smell like tan from tanning in my car. It only affects YOU not others.
Plus my dermatologist recommended I tan once and while in the winter since my VERY oily skin is acne prone, and not helped by any medications so far (although I refuse to try accutaine which may have helped) and tanning REALLY gets it under control, it's amazing.
UGH! More taxes! We all pay plenty of taxes, really we need to pay the government more?! I think its crap! How about we worry about EVERYONE having health insurance in America before they start to screw us out of more of our hard earned money!
TOTAL CRAP!
@KJpugs - But tanning does effect others....skin cancer is the most common cancer in America....which correlates to higher insurance rates. Second, when people die of skin caner, their family members are left without a loved one. I am left without anybody walking me down the aisle because my dad died of skin cancer three years ago. At 28, I had to arrange for my fathers funeral plans because my Mom was too broken. I cannot have that father - daughter dance I always dreamed of. My kids won't have a grandfather. My mother is a widow. My friends didn't understand my grief and I lost many friendships. I know you didn't want to hear the that cancer kills - but it does have huge effects on others. It has devastated me. Sorry for my vent - but I feel that the tan tax is a great thing. I hope it prevents an unnecessary death.
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Hey all... first let me say this is NOT THE PLACE to put down tanning, tell us we shouldn't, that we'll die of skin cancer, yada yada. So please don't post that.
Girls who indoor tan- I urge you to visit this site! http://www.stopthetantax.com/ In its version of the Healthcare Reform Legislation, the Senate added a 10% tax on indoor tanning services, which would mean an increase in tanning costs for all of us.
I got this second email from Sun Tan City...
Legislative Update - Tan Tax
Because little was accomplished at President Obama's Health Forum yesterday, it is now more likely than ever that the President and Congressional Democrats will forge ahead to pass some form of healthcare reform legislation without any Republican support.
The worst scenario for our industry would be for the House of Representatives to approve the Senate version of the bill, which passed the Senate last Christmas Eve and contains the Tan Tax. The President would woo reluctant Democrats in the House into passing the Senate bill with a promise to "fix" lingering issues through a "Budget Reconciliation" bill.
Under Senate rules, "Reconciliation" can not be filibustered and a simple Senate majority of 51 votes would be all that is required.
We must keep the Tan Tax on Congress' radar! If we don't, legislators will assume we don't care anymore.
This week, we generated an additional 14,000 emails. Good progress, but we have to maintain the pressure. If you have already sent an email to Congress, you don't have to do so again, but please continue to spread the word. Recruit one additional person. Forward this link and tell everyone to click and www.stopthetantax.com!
It's important to me so I already clicked, but if anyone else feels similarly I urge you to act as well!