A study by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Cancer Research published in the July issue of The Lancet medical journal gives us even more reason to stay away from tanning beds. The Agency rates these artificial sun machines a category one carcinogen.

The following are 10 things you may not know about tanning beds:

1. Tanning beds are as carcinogenic as asbestos and arsenic

2. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 50,000 young people use tanning beds