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Cancer Advocates Travel to Nebraska State Capitol for Cancer Action Day
... which can cause long-term skin damage and skin cancer. When young people use tanning devices before age 35, they increase their risk of melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – by 59 percent. Melanoma is the second most common cancer in young women 15-29 and Nebraska female high school seniors are the most frequent users of tanning ...
Cancer Advocates Hold Virtual Day of Action Due to Coronavirus
... and I never had to fight the disease,” said Brian Eberle, an ACS CAN volunteer. This year, around 1,920 Coloradans will be diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious and deadliest form of skin cancer. H.B. 1340 will impose comprehensive restrictions on the use of indoor tanning ... avoidable known risk factor for skin cancer. “We know that using indoor tanning devices before the age of 35 increases a person’s risk for melanoma by 59%. And we know that despite the dangers, young people fall in the trap of misleading advertising and health claims by the tanning industry. Protecting all individuals under 18 -- without exceptions -- will help prevent melanoma cases and deaths,” said Ours. Meanwhile, smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. ACS CAN ...
Cancer Advocates to Take Over State Capitol for Cancer Action Day
... which can cause long-term skin damage and skin cancer. When young people use tanning devices before age 35, they increase their risk of melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – by 59%. Melanoma is the second most common cancer in young women 15-29 and Nebraska female high school seniors are the most frequent users of tanning ...
Maryland Cancer Advocates Rally in Annapolis
... Senator Joanne Benson (D-24) and Delegate Karen Lewis Young (D-3A), the bill would reduce the risk of skin cancer for Maryland youth, including melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Using an indoor tanning device before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 59 percent. Additional issues that ACS CAN volunteers met with legislators about included state funding for the Breast and Cervical ...
New Report: Colorado Gets Mixed Results on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies
... risk factor for skin cancer is the use of indoor tanning devices and studies show using indoor tanning devices before the age of 35 increases melanoma risk by 59%. This year, 1,830 Coloradans will be diagnosed with melanoma. "Colorado has made some good progress, but we’ve got still got a lot of work to do," Ours added. "Passing and implementing the ...
Oklahomans Receive High Honors for Outstanding Efforts in Cancer Advocacy
... dignity and grace under pressure as she shared her sister Maddie’s story. In her freshman year of college, Maddie passed away from melanoma. Watts mobilized her friends, family and co-workers at Stephenson Cancer Center to pass this important legislation. Oklahoma’s advocacy ...
New Mexico Advocates Rally in Support of Cancer Prevention Initiatives
... to humans,” the same category as tobacco and asbestos. Using an indoor tanning device before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 59 percent. Additional issues that ACS CAN volunteers met with their elected officials about include: increasing access, awareness and ...
$1.50 Tobacco Tax Tops Agenda at Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol
... Worse yet, one in nine high school girls use tanning devices despite the fact that indoor tanning before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 59 percent,” said ACS CAN New Mexico Government Relations Director Sandra Adondakis. A bill to improve patient quality of life ...