Tanning can be as addictive as alcohol or drugs

Spring and summer are coming up and so are the tanning bed marketers and tanning lotion companies. In the quest to find that rich brown sheen, millions of people will begin regularly tanning very soon. How many of those are addicted to tanning, though?

There are warnings after warnings on tanning and the negative health effects that can result (like skin cancer), but some folks just continue to tan regardless. If this indicative of something -- like an unhealthy addiction?

According to a new survey, tanning may indeed be an addition just like alcohol or drug addiction. In this case, the releasing of endorphins while tanning in a bed or even under the sun can produce euphoric sensations -- hence, the addictive part.