In January 2013, ASA Director of Scientific Affairs, Joe Levy, immediately took charge of ASA’s efforts to educate state legislatures about the nuances of sun care – convincing them to table... Read more

In 2013, the American Suntanning Association was formed to make sure professional sunbed facilities would not fall victim to the kinds of unopposed attacks that plagued this market for almos... Read more

By Joseph Levy For 28 years, I’ve written about and crusaded for base tans, showing objectively how science clearly supports what we do in professional sunbed centers. And for the last eight... Read more

If you are a tanning salon owner, you know all too well that unfair government regulations are a constant threat to your business. Right now, federal and state regulators are discussing unde... Read more

As your tanning salon representative in Washington, I have been educating anyone on Capitol Hill who will listen to the facts surrounding UV light, sunbeds, and our industry’s scientifically... Read more

Over the past six years, the American Suntanning Association has attended thousands of meetings in Washington, DC to stop the continued attacks against our industry and to change the federal... Read more

The American Suntanning Association has been fighting for the rights of U.S. tanning salons since 2012 by slowing or stopping punitive federal and state regulations and taxes. Without ASA’s... Read more

The American Suntanning Association was heavily involved in efforts this spring to help states develop COVID-19 guidelines and re-open professional tanning facilities as highly-sanitized ret... Read more

Tan Tax Repeal   The American Suntanning Association’s state and federal lobby team have been working overtime on behalf of the industry during the COVID-19 crisis. Significant efforts were... Read more

Several high-ranking members of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives voiced their continued support for the repeal of the Tan Tax in an article published by Law360 in February.... Read more