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KANSAS CITY, KAN - One group of small business owners say that they are not happy about a special tax that's included in the landmark health care reform legislation - tanning salon owners.

The legislation includes a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning.

Northland insurance agent Sandy Gambel's office is just a few feet from her favorite tanning salon. She says that the tax won't necessarily stop her from tanning.

"Honestly, I feel healthier when I've got a little bit of a tan," said Gambel. "I feel better about me, when I've got that tan."

The executive director of the Indoor Tanning Association says that the tax will end up hurting salons, and that the government's estimate of how much revenue it will generate are pure fantasy.

The salon's owner says that he would hate to pass along the tax to his customers because of what it could do to business. But while tanning salon owners are not happy, dermatologists say that it means that their patients come in for exams a lot paler than before. One metro dermatologist says that he tells his patients that "pale is the new tan."

"Putting a tax on that may serve two purposes, from a health perspective," said Dr. Daniel Aires, a dermatologist at the University of Kansas Hospital. "Number one, it may discourage (tanning), hopefully, especially by young people. And number two, it can help pay for some of the health damages it causes."

Dr. Aires says that the date shows a link between tanning and melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

The Indoor Tanning Association says that the legislation originally included a so-called "Bo-Tax," which would have taxed cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures, but they say that their strong lobbyists change the bill.