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In the effort to balance California’s indoor tanning industry if should it happen. As of now, nothing has been formally introduced; however, the California Indoor Tanning Trade Association (CITTO) has a game plan in mind, just in case, which includes working with the state associations of other service-related industries to oppose any such effort.

In other <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comalifornia</st1:State>'s huge state deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has publicly stated that a tax on services—including tanning—is not out of the question. This would be a huge hit on Cal<st1:State w:st=" /><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> news, Joe Nation, the state assemblyman who introduced the teen tanning ban in 2004, is now running for state senator in District 3 (<st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, Marin and S<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">onoma</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Counties)</st1:PlaceType>. He is running against incumbent Carole Migden and current state assemblyman Mark Leno. Migden and Leno have the same liberal/progressive base, which is split between them, resulting in polls showing Nation is currently in the lead.

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