As it sits right now in the Magnolia State, anyone under the age of 18 can utilize a tanning bed at a tanning salon with parental consent, but Mrs. Gayle Wicker(Senator Roger Wicker’s wife) and Dr. Robert Brodell(Professor and Chief of the Division of Dermatology at UMMC) want that to change. They joined the conversation to talk with JT about their support for legislation that would ban minors from being able to use tanning salons, to help curb the alarming numbers of skin cancer(instances have increased by as much as 800%). You can find the full conversation here –
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