welcomck, ev welcome back, everyone. the tanning business is a huge business. there are more tanning salons in america than there are starbucks. can you believe that? that s a staggering statistic. more tanning salons than starbucks in this country. now a recently released congressional report is accusing those tanning salons of deception. something you won t find at starbucks. not at all. we will show you now some abc news tapes of salon employees luring kids into tanning beds and under those lights. here s jim avila. reporter: it s part of the come-on, promises of a safe tan indoors under the lights. it s the same as being outside. if you got a sunburn in here, it wouldn t be as bad. reporter: this 20/20 investigation caught on tape exactly what congress said is happening at 90% of the salons they investigated. blatant denials that these tanning machines can be harmful. in fact, most falsely claimed indoor tanning is actually good for you. it produces a lot of vitam
tanning. college girls of america, you will see a tax hike. hey, there s some most americans will not. haven t you seen jersey shore , college aged boys using tanning machines there. you re right. lots of misconceptions about this. why is that? i think partially it s what both sides will tell you, both parties came in here and framed the debate. look at where we are as a country. democrats seem to like this bill. republicans seem not to like it. republicans don t like things they see as big government intervention, things like health care. independents, though, which are the folks that swing elections, this poll tells us that the jury is out with them. while they oppose it to a degree, they don t know that much about it. that s what i saw in ohio, a lot of folks worried about their coverage being taken away. this shows that the more independents hear and health care and the popular provisions that are rolled out today in the patients bill of rights, the