ALBANY, NY — Fulfilling the “Jersey Shore” mantra of G.T.L. — gym, tanning, laundry — may soon be a lot harder for teenagers in New York as the state tries to become the first to ban indoor tanning for minors.
The industry considers a bill before the Legislature to be a “nanny-state” assault, and the proposal comes at the height of the indoor tanning season for teens: prom time.
But the American Cancer Society has named the bill as one of its top priorities for the legislative session.
“It can be horrific,” said Harvey Weisenberg (D-LI), a Long Island life guard for 50 of his 77 years and the Assembly sponsor of the bill. “This is a cancer-causing process.”
But John Overstreet, spokesman for the Indoor Tanning Association, insisted, “There is no scientific basis for those folks to want to ban teenagers.
“It certainly is a nanny-state type of thing.”


