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The rate of teenage use of tanning beds in New Jersey has not dropped since passage of a law designed to outlaw their use by children under the age of 17, a survey by Rutgers University has found.

Anyone under the age of 18 would be barred from using indoor tanning equipment, under a federal proposal to help reduce skin cancer linked to the devices.

If you are looking to get a jump start on your tan for the spring and summer months, you may want to think twice.

Tanning beds and sun lamps will carry new warnings that they should not be used by anyone under age 18, under a government action Thursday aimed at reducing rising rates of skin cancer linked to the radiation-emitting devices.

Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration.

Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that bars anyone under 17 from using tanning beds in New Jersey and anyone under 14 from getting a spray tan.

'Tanning mom' Patricia Krentcil has stemmed a whole new debate in the Garden State.

Patricia Krentcil, the tanning mom who has come under fire in the last 24 hours or so for allegedly taking her 5 year old daughter tanning has lashed out against her critics in the latest video.

Patricia Krentcil is a New Jersey mom being accused of bringing her 5 year old daughter into a tanning booth. Patricia was arrested and charged with second-degree child endangerment as the tanning has caused burns to the young girl's body.

A vote on a bill restricting teenagers from using indoor tanning beds has been postponed.