TANNING INFORMATION

UPDATES...August 2009


OSMA letter requesting House Bill 173 support

Dear promoter of the health and safety of children and reducing their future cost of health care by prohibiting the sale of hazardous tanning parlor ultraviolet radiation to minors: Below is information on the members of the Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection Committee with Matt Lundy as chairman.  Chairman Lundy has been a fair and impartial chairman.  Three hearings have been held and the proponents (us) for House Bill 173 did well with our testimony.  The House with our Committee are on a summer recess.  When they return in September, there probably will be a vote on House Bill 173.  WE HAVE JUST A SHORT TIME PERIOD FOR EVERYONE POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND ECONOMIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE REGARDING OUR CONCERN FOR PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 173. 

Please communicate with the committee members and any other legislator possible.  Please write a letter in support of House Bill 173 and do as much of the following as possible.

  1. Write a letter addressed to Chairman Lundy and members and send a copy to each of the committee members and your and any other representative
  2. E-mail a copy of the letter to Chairman Lundy and to each of the committee members and your and any other representative
  3. SEND AND E-MAIL A COPY OF THE LETTER ADDRESSED TO HOUSE SPEAKER ARMOND BUDISH AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
  4. Please send a copy of the letter to luke@fuse.net. For Q & A call (513) 863-3555.

There are two websites that can give you much background material for your letters.  They are www.ohderm.org with examples of letters etc. that were previously used for House Bill 230 and www.indoortanningreportcard.org/.   Also please encourage others to write letters of support and to contact the legislators.

Please accent such items as:

  1. The hazards of tanning parlor ultraviolet radiation
  2. HOUSE BILL 173 IS A PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION MATTER. Not every child is born of knowledgeable, concerned parents regarding the hazards of tanning bed ultraviolet radiation and not every parent knows enough about its hazards and can protect their child
  3. It is safer to obtain Vitamin D through diet and supplements than production through skin and stimulation through hazardous tanning parlor radiation
  4. No one has the right to endanger a child’s health, safety or life through exposure to hazardous tanning parlor radiation or any other means such as alcohol, cigarettes, guns etc

AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH THE LEGISLATORS AND BE A PART OF HELPING MAKE A POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL MEDICAL EVENT HAPPEN.  TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

Thank you for your caring, concern, cooperation and communication skills

                         DISTRICT NAME PARTY ADDRESS HOME-PHONE FLOOR OFFICE-TELEPHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS
57 Matt Lundy, Chair D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   12 614-644-5076 District57@ohr.state.oh.us
13 Michael Skindell, Vice Chair D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 216-521-9919 13 614-466-5921 District13@ohr.state.oh.us
24 Ted Celeste D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   13 614-644-6005 District24@ohr.state.oh.us
10 Robin Belcher D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   13 614-466-7954 District10@ohr.state.oh.us
43 Steve Dyer D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 330-338-1486 12 614-466-1790 District43@ohr.state.oh.us
25 Dan Stewart D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   12 614-466-1896 District25@ohr.state.oh.us
44 Vernon Sykes D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   13 614-466-3100 District44@ohr.state.oh.us
67 Shannon Jones R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   10 614-644-6027 District67@ohr.state.oh.us
21 Kevin Bacon R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   10 614-644-6030 District21@ohr.state.oh.us
55 Bill Coley R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   10 614-466-8550 District55@ohr.state.oh.us
84 Bob Hackett R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   11 614-466-1470 District84@ohr.state.oh.us
76 Cliff Hite R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   11 614-466-3819 District76@ohr.state.oh.us
77 Jim Zehringer R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 937-547-1770 11 614-466-6344 District77@ohr.state.oh.us
54 Co-Sponsor Courtney Combs R 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 513-829-8222 10 614-644-6721 District54@ohr.state.oh.us
62 Co-Sponsor Lorraine Fende D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 440-943-0202 13 614-466-7251 District62@ohr.state.oh.us
  Chairman Matt Lundy and Members Matt Lundy and Members       12 614-644-5076 District57@ohr.state.oh.us
  Consumer Affairs and Economic Protection Committee    77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215        
  Speaker Armond Budish and Members House of Representatives   D 77 High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215   14 614-466-5441 District08@ohr.state.oh.us

 



Indoortanningreportcard.com

Website for "City100" = Controlling Indoor Tanning in Youth from 100 of the most populous cities in the US (according to the 2000 census)

AAD Resolution - Tanning - 2009

Other states are welcome to click on this link Resolution Prototype - Tanning - 2009 , modify the state information, and use this resolution

Signature of Support ... Can be used in any setting to obtain public support to be sent to be sent to your state's legislature



The Ohio Dermatological Association submitted a resolution to the American Academy of Dermatology Advisory Board at the 2008 AAD Annual Meeting in February. 

This resolution [AAD01 (A-08)] was passed unanimously and with much beneficial and favorable testimony...Ohio Dermatological Association Resolution-AAD

HB #230 - TANNING BILL...The links below represent a composite of information to be shared with you as requested by Dr. Louis Barich, Co-chair of the Photobiology Committee.  Please utilize this information in sending letters of support to your state representatives and senators in Columbus, specifically the members of the Commerce & Labor Committee and the Health Committee first.  Then, at your earliest convenience, send letters to the other legislators.
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