During a March 2017 debate concerning an [[Obamacare]] tax on tanning salons (ostensibly for the purpose of reducing skin cancer), Smith noted that most forms of skin cancer are caused by harmful radiation from the sun, and sarcastically asked why Democrats had not introduced a tax on the sun. [[Leftist]] media outlets then accused Smith of seriously proposing a tax on the sun.<ref>https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a53736/republican-congressman-tax-the-sun/</ref> | During a March 2017 debate concerning an [[Obamacare]] tax on tanning salons (ostensibly for the purpose of reducing skin cancer), Smith noted that most forms of skin cancer are caused by harmful radiation from the sun, and sarcastically asked why Democrats had not introduced a tax on the sun. [[Leftist]] media outlets then accused Smith of seriously proposing a tax on the sun.<ref>https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a53736/republican-congressman-tax-the-sun/</ref> |