The Davis County Board of Health is moving toward banning teenagers from using commercial tanning beds.

The board voted 6-to-1 Tuesday to bring to a public hearing a proposed regulation that would ban minors from using commercial tanning salons. A hearing date has not been scheduled.

"We don't allow parents to take their children into bars and drink because of the health risks," said Health Department Director Lewis Garrett, a nonvoting member of the board. "I think the risk here rises to that level."

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation, the cause of tans whether from the sun or tanning beds, is linked to skin cancer, sight damage and wrinkles, and the risk is greater for youths than for adults, Garrett said.

Find out more about plans in Davis County for banning tanning beds at http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=126866.