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Suntans, the Cool New Addiction

As we head down the slippery slope toward the end of summer and the last of its hot dogs, beers, and sandy floors, take a second and consider your position toward suntans. Do you get cranky if you can't get one? Have you ever missed a social or work activity because of your tanning responsibilites? Well, if some researchers are right, you might just have an addiction to non-pasty flesh! In a study of 145 beachgoers, a quarter to one half of them qualified as tan-addicts, using the same sort of criteria that are used to tag alcoholics and others with substance-abuse disorders.

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·   Up to half of beachgoers addicted to the sun? [MSNBC, via Hit & Run]