Some B.C. resident are using an injectable tanning drug that has not been approved by health authorities, according to a spokesman for the Canadian tanning salon industry.

British Columbia became the latest jurisdiction to ban children and teenagers from tanning beds on Tuesday.

Teenagers under 18 will soon need their parents' permission before they can use a tanning bed in Manitoba.

A woman whose own skin is deeply bronze-coloured from regular visits to a tanning salon has been accused of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth in violation of state law, burning the girl's skin.

Children and teens under the age of 18 should be banned from using commercial indoor tanning beds, the Canadian Paediatric Society says.