Congressmen Write Letter to 18 Universities Urging Them to End Use of University Debit Cards for Student Tanning
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Credit: Architect of the Capitol(WASHINGTON) — Five congressmen on Thursday wrote a letter to 18 universities urging them to disallow the use of university debit cards by students for indoor tanning.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that the 18 universities allow the use of student debit cards for tanning services, an agreement that the reps. say “constitute an endorsement and even encourage indoor tanning,” which they note “has been designated a carcinogen by the World Health Organization.”
The letter was sent to Indiana University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Southern New Hampshire University, the universities of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Texas at Austin, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Vermont, Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky University, Clemson University and Georgia Southern University.
“We believe your university should not be offering incentives to students to engage in activities that put their health at risk,” the congressmen wrote.
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