Can one be addicted to tanning? From today's Inside Higher Ed:

"More than 25 percent of university students surveyed exhibit symptoms 
of "tanning dependence," including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug 
addictions, according to an article 
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080902122849.htm> in the 
new issue of the /American Journal of Health Behavior./ Those with 
"tanorexia" are more likely than other students to be thin and to smoke 
cigarettes, the study found. Forty percent of those studied had used 
tanning booths."

Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada

 

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