About The JCTA

The JCTA (Joint Canadian Tanning Association) is a national non-profit organization created to increase understanding of the professional tanning industry's scientifically supported position that regular moderate ultra-violet exposure from sunshine or sunbed in a non-burning fashion is part of a responsible lifestyle that recognizes both the inherent benefits and the manageable risks associated with ultraviolet light exposure.

Media Releases

Jun 1st 2009

Promote Vitamin D Testing for Public

KELOWNA, BC --- June 1, 2009 --- In support of the 2nd annual Tan Awareness Week June 1-8, the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) is asking the Canadian Cancer Society to encourage Canadians to check their vitamin D blood levels, the same way it encourages skin cancer screening.

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Nov 6th 2008

INDOOR TANNERS STAVE OFF ‘VITMAIN D WINTER’

KELOWNA, BC, Nov. 7, 2008 – The Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) recognizes November as the beginning of “Vitamin D Winter” – a period when sun exposure in all of Canada is too weak to trigger the natural production of vitamin D in human skin.

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Oct 21st 2008

Tanning Community: Ontario Bill Would Hurt Teens, Not Help Them

Tanning Community: Ontario Bill Would Hurt Teens, Not Help Them
KELOWNA, BC, Oct. 16 /CNW/ - Canada's indoor tanning community has offered substantive information showing why passage of an Ontario bill seeking to deny teenagers access to professional indoor tanning salons would actually
increase sunburn incidence - not reduce it.

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Oct 7th 2008

Ontario’s tanning professionals act responsibly

KELOWNA --- October 7, 2008 --- Members of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) are saddened by the callous hit and run tactics used today by the Ontario branch of the Canadian Cancer Society to damage the tanning industry’s ongoing efforts to educate the public about tanning.

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May 30th 2008

Joint Canadian Tanning Association Asks Canadian Dermatology Association to Correct Vitamin D Misrepresentation

KELOWNA, B.C. - May 30, 2008 –The Joint Canadian Tanning Association is reinforcing its campaign that suggests the Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) should correct its ongoing public denial of the fact that indoor tanning is an abundant source of vitamin D - an obvious error that the CDA has repeated on several occasions, despite scientific evidence to prove the contrary.

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May 22nd 2008

Tanning industry launches website to dispel myths

TORONTO, May 22 /CNW/ - Canadians are about to learn a lot more about tanning, thanks to the Joint Canadian Tanning Association's new website:tanawareness.com. The site is a valuable resource for those seeking factual information about tanning. It will also address some of the myths about tanning.

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May 20th 2008

Over-cooked sun care message keeps Canadians in dark about sun’s benefits

KELOWNA, BC --- May 20, 2008 -- UV exposure in levels consistent with tanning is natural and intended – a fact that often gets lost in over-trumped sun care messages. That’s why Canadians need to be exposed to the facts and not the myths about sun exposure, says Steve Gilroy, Executive Director of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA).

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Apr 25th 2008

CANADIANS UNDEREXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT

TORONTO --- April 25, 2008 --- As Canadians brace for the much awaited warm summer months there is something else that our bodies crave – sunlight. Alarmingly however, Canadian public health messaging has resulted in the demonization of sunlight.

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Dec 18th 2007

Give the gift of light for Christmas

KELOWNA, BC, Dec. 18 /CNW/ - As last-minute shoppers scurry to complete their lists there's one Christmas gift that will give friends and family warmth and some much-needed vitamin D - an indoor tanning session.

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May 31st 2007

Vital tanning; Tanning booths can overcome Canadians' susceptibility to vitamin D deficiency, which is linked to cancer in new studies

While the Canadian indoor tanning industry is primarily a cosmetic service, an undeniable physiological side effect is the vitamin D that Canadians obtain from indoor tanning sessions.

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Contact Information

Head Office:
1951 Abel Street, Kelowna BC
V1Z 3C6

Phone Number:
1.800.915.0367 Ext 101

Fax Number:
1.250.769.4748

Email:
info@TanCanada.org

Website:
www.TanCanada.org