A 10 percent tax on tanning bed services took effect July 1 to the dismay of orange-skinned indoor bronzing devotees. Salon owners and workers are also upset by the new tax, worrying their businesses will suffer and jobs may be lost. The potential for job losses is the only obvious downside to the new tanning services tax.

Okay, we made the last part up, but we don’t see recent regulatory proposals on tanning sitting well with everyone’s favorite artificially bronzed reality stars. If you take away tanning, there will only be the gym and laundry to pass the time. But we digress. Recently, worldwide attention has turned towards the safety of indoor [...]