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A campus alte Text & General Books (one block from campus) 768 E. 13th Ave. o 345-1651 General Books (across from (he Posl Office) 525 Willamette St. 343-4717 Students prepare for spring by hitting the tanning beds ■ Local salons report a boost in business as nice weather approaches and students prepare for spring break By Diane Huber Oregon Daily Emerald Each year, a strange phenomenon occurs at Precision Cuts and Tan ning: The sun peeks out somewhere in mid-February, students become suddenly self-conscious about their pasty-white skin and Precision Cuts’ tanning schedule becomes completely booked. For some students, the sun’s first appearance is a reminder that spring break is fast-approaching, and preparation for trips to Mexico and California won’t be complete without a “healthy” glow. Precision Cuts manager Cara Hill said business picked up about three weeks ago. Before that, “You could walk in any time of day and get in within the hour.” Now, students should schedule their tans at least a day in advance, she said. “The instant the sun comes out, (students) want to do outdoor stuff. ... They want to look like they’ve been outside.” But the No. 1 reason business boosts in March is because students are going on vacation for spring break, Hill said. “If (students) are going to sunny places, they don’t want to get burned. They want a base tan,” she said. The biggest portion of Hill’s clien tele are students, almost equally male and female, and she said busi ness ebbs and flows with students’ vacations. This means once sum mer hits, her business goes back down, she said. Senior Heidi Tweedt is heading for Southern California for spring break, and she said she’s been tan ning in preparation since February. She said she tans more frequently since moving to Eugene from Cali fornia to attend the University. “It makes you feel better when you have a little color, even though it’s super bad for you,” she said. But not all students pre-tan prior to spring break traveling. Heidi Phillips is going to California with Tweedt, but said she isn’t going to tan beforehand. “I tanned once, and I burned really * badly,” she said. “I’m definitely whiter than everyone else, but that’s better than being painfully red. ” Hill said tans aren’t the only busi ness that increases as spring break approaches. People also come in for haircuts, she said. People “are ready for a change,” she said. “They’ve had the same haircut all winter.” Business also increases in March at Pineapple Kiss Swimwear, ac cording to owner Marcia Knee. But her business comes primarily from “professional working women” who have the money to travel and “come in to buy two or three suits,” she said. Students, she said, don’t have as much money to stock up on new swimwear, but business does increase for students as well as spring nears. For Tweedt, tanning is more than preparation for her spring-break vaca tion —tanning improves her mood. “It rains so much here.... I am in a better mood after I tan,” she said. “I feel like I’ve been at the beach all day. ” E-mail reporter Diane Huber at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com. Officials warn against chew, snuff ■ Research shows smokeless tobacco is used by 16 percent of 18- to 25-year-old males By John Liebhardt Oregon Daily Emerald Chew, chaw, dip, plug, wad and snuff. Whatever it’s called, smokeless to bacco is a public health dilemma. As lawmakers are placing increasing re strictions on cigarette smokers in bars, restaurants and workplaces, health officials are seeing a rising use in smokeless nicotine alterna tives. More and more often, that al ternative is smokeless tobacco. “Chewing tobacco is something you can do in a smokeless environ ment,” said Herb Severson, a senior research specialist at Oregon Re search Institute. Smokeless tobacco use has climbed steadily among males from age 18 to 25. At least 16 percent of this age group uses a form of smoke less tobacco, Severson said, which is a number he called “pretty high.” Alec Horley is one of those users. Horley’s brand of choice is Skoal. He’s been chewing tobacco for nearly three years and is now up to a tin a day. “The first dip I had, I thought it was disgusting,” the University sophomore said. “Now, it’s almost delicious.” Horley knows his math. He knows that because the list price of a tin of Skoal runs more than $5 on campus, tobacco can be a pretty expensive habit. He also hears the warnings about tobacco use and bad health. Horley said a friend told him he may have a precancerous growth on his lower lip. “It’s pretty bad, considering (the Adam Jones Emerald After three years of chewing tobacco, Alec Horley has no plans to quit his habit and said that his first encounter was disgusting, but‘Now, it’s almost delicious.’ friendis) pre-med,” Horley said. Even after countless health warn ings, sin taxes to keep the price high and national advertising campaigns warning of its risks, Horley still goes back to chew every day. However, he won’t use it everywhere. “I don’t use it in class — I consid er myself a ladies’ man,” he said. University health officials con sider tobacco one of the largest health concerns on campus. They have begun a series of smoking ces sation programs to convince smok ers and chewers to give up tobacco. Turn to Tobacco, page 11 Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. 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