Despite research showing that indoor tanning increases the risk of developing skin cancer, including melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, approximately 7.8 million adults in the US still engage in indoor tanning.1 A new study in the Journal of…
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Tanning Beds and Skin Cancer: Heeding the Call to Action
Public health officials and researchers have become increasingly concerned about the health risks posed by indoor tanning. Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey recently addressed the importance of increasing efforts to limit indoor tanning among minors in a viewpoint paper published in the April 28 2021 online edition of JAMA Dermatology.