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Indoor tanning linked to skin cancer

Indoor tanning may significantly increase the risk of developing early-onset skin cancer, a new Yale study has found. A team of researchers from the Yale School of Public Health reported that individuals who used tanning beds at least once are at a 69 percent greater risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, before the age of 40. The study, published in the ...

Study: Indoor Tanning Linked With Early Onset of Skin Cancer

Given that indoor tanning beds were officially classified as a human carcinogen in 2009 -- up there with cigarettes and asbestos -- it should be fairly obvious that frequent tanning-booth exposure would increase your risk of skin cancer.

Tanning bed warnings prompt another Colorado bill

(AP) — Colorado is in the minority of states in not passing tanning bed limits for children. But a proposal this year to require parental notification for teens using UV tanning beds may run into opposition from lawmakers who have vowed to shun more regulation. This year's tanning bed bill would require a parent's permission before a person under 18 could use a tanning bed with UV exposure. For ...

Utah senator wants to ban minors from tanning beds

Utah senator wants to ban minors from tanning beds By heather may and julia lyon The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 7, 2012 11:26PM MDT Five years after she pushed to require minors to get parental consent before using tanning beds, Sen. Patricia Jones, D-Holladay, wants to ban underage tans altogether. She said Friday she will draft legislation that would ban the use of commercial tanning beds ...

New Study Sheds Light on Dangers of Tanning Beds

A Yale University team of researchers has found that the use of tanning beds by people 40 years old and over increases risk of basal cell carcinoma by 69 percent. The study, published by the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, shows risk increases with the amount of ...