Skin doctors told House lawmakers to ban tanning for people under 18, while a personal liberties activist argued such laws turn Idaho into a “nanny state.” Similar bans are being debated in states including Washington, West Virginia and Utah. On Thursday, Blake Sampson, a University of Washington medical student working in Idaho, told the House Health and Welfare Committee he's promoting the bill because Idaho has some of the highest rates of skin cancer — and teen tanning — in America. Sampson says it's irrefutable that ultraviolet radiation increases cancer risks. Half a dozen dermatologists called this a necessary step to helping young people make healthy decisions, and another half-dozen survivors of melanoma shared their stories with the committee, often with great emotion/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here. (AP file photo: 18YO tanning-bed user Katie Donnar of Vincennes, Ind., shows a scar from where the melanoma in Vincennes)

Question: Have you ever used a tanning bed?