Borrowing Tactics From Big Tobacco, Indoor Tanning Industry Undermines Doctors To Argue Tanning Is ‘Healthy’: In 2009, the World Health Organization reported that regular indoor tanning before age 30 increases the risk of melanoma — one of the fastest-growing rates of cancer by 75 percent. Facing criticism and increasing state restrictions on youth tanning, the $4.8 billion tanning industry is pursuing a misinformation strategy borrowed from the tobacco industry, according [...]/p