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... prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using them. A CDC study found that restricting indoor tanning for teens would prevent over 61,000 melanoma cases! Currently 15 states and the District of Columbia have laws prohibiting teens from using tanning beds. Is your state one of them? ...

... to indoor tanning for minors under age 18. An American Cancer Society report released last week shows a 43 percent increase in New Jersey’s melanoma rate in just a 10 year period. Indoor tanning is a major factor fueling that increase.  The World Health Organization (WHO) puts tanning ... dioxin, mustard gas, tobacco smoke and vinyl chloride.  According to the WHO, use of tanning beds before the age of 30 increases the risk of melanoma 75 percent.  The bill has cleared a hurdle in the Assembly, but there is still much to do. The American Cancer Society urges the full ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...