Is skin cancer hereditary?

Is it smart to have a VP who denies medical fact regarding skin cancer, and sets the example to American youth?

• ...that a tanning bed is desirable? Sarah Palin installed a tanning bed in the Governor's Mansion as one of her first acts as elected official. Despite all cancer research to the contrary. Is that stupid? "Gov. Palin’s use of a mansion-based tanning system even goes against the judgment of her state’s own public health agency, which issued a report, called the Alaska Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan 2005-2010, that describes cancer as “the leading cause of death in Alaska,” and specifically calls for encouraging “regulations warning consumers about tanning beds and the risk of skin cancer.” “Tanorexia” and Youth Missouri University recently became the latest school to attempt to ban tanning beds on campus, due to the health risks for students. Other health organizations warn of young people becoming addicted to tanning bed sessions, and label the condition as “tanorexia”: Researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia examined the tanning habits of 400 college students aged 18 to 24, using the same framework that defines substance addictions. They found that 27 per cent showed signs of “tanorexia,” based on answers to questions like “Do you think you need to spend more and more time in the sun to maintain your perfect tan?” and “Does this (your belief that tanning can cause skin cancer) keep you from spending time in the sun or going to tanning beds?” Then, of course, is the fact that Palin’s running mate, presidential candidate John McCain, is himself a survivor of skin cancer and has been active legislating and advocating for its prevention. In 2001, he wrote a cover essay for Newsweek: “My Battle With Skin Cancer.” So while McCain is out there campaigning for cancer prevention as a public health issue, appearing at joint forums with cancer survivor Lance Armstrong and such, his own vice president’s tanning bed habit could undercut that message, particularly to the nation’s youth."

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  No it isn't smart. Its stupid beyond belief. She is full of contradictions. Here she is possibly, hopefully not, VP with a running mate who has had skin cancer and she has a tanning bed. What a pig. Oh she is soooo bugging me in every way.