WEBSHOP GO TO ENGLISH NEW SOLARIUMS USED START YOUR OWN FLUORESCENT LAMPS COSMETIC ACCESSORIES SERVICE MEDIA ABOUT US PLUG Industry Victory for the tanning industry in the Norwegian election The Norwegian Storting election in the autumn of 2013 was not only a crushing victory for the bourgeois bloc but also a clear no to a ban and symbol policy that is not based on facts. On the first of June this year, Norway introduced an 18-year limit for tanning beds and from 1 January 2014, a requirement would be introduced for all tanning salons to be staffed. In a recent interview on Norwegian TV2, Bent Høie, the leader of the Health and Care Committee, says that skin cancer can not be linked to a solarium and that banning teenagers under the age of 18 from sunbathing has no or little effect. Høie believes that the debate is instead about closing down the entire solarium industry in Norway. - When you make demands on having people who work in the solariums, it is easy to understand that the business does not go around financially, says Høie, and believes that the increase in skin cancer in Norway can not be linked to solar tanning. The biggest increase in skin cancer is in older men - not exactly a regular user of tanning beds. Høie is also supported by Kari Kjønnas Kjos, a member of the Health and Care Committee. - We are not against the age limit and staffing requirements for the sake of the tanning industry. We are against it because we do not believe in a symbolic policy that forbids young people to sunbathe. Bent Høie has previously been very clear that he believes that the rules for the tanning industry in the event of a bourgeois election victory should change. - In the Conservatives' view, the new requirements for the country's solariums go too far and can threaten large parts of the industry. We will work for a new, bourgeois government to reverse these demands as soon as possible. Roland Laurent, an expert at the Swedish Solarium Association, welcomes the result of the Norwegian election. - It is not primarily the result of the election and the bourgeois politicians' statement about the tanning industry that pleases us, says Roland Laurent. The most gratifying thing is that there are actually politicians who have the civil courage to say what can generally be perceived as uncomfortable and who have taken in facts about tanning beds and realized that even if you ban tanning beds completely, it has no effect on the development of skin cancer. One can wish that Swedish politicians and authorities will also stop engaging in prohibition policy and over-guardianship. When will Swedish politicians realize that the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Cancer Society in Sweden are engaged in symbolic politics and deliberately distort or misinterpret the facts that exist, Roland Laurent concludes. Source Norwegian TV2 Industry Mediabank Brochures Press News Newsletter Navigation new solariums used start your own fluorescent lamps cosmetic accessories service media about us plug in english Postal address: Ultra Tan AB Box 80 • SE-598 22 Vimmerby Visiting address: Ultra Tan AB Lagergatan 5 • 598 40 Vimmerby Telephone: 0492-164 00 • Fax: 0492-151 55 E-mail: info@ultratan.se Do you want to find us geographically: Click here for a map ...