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100 Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Curb Indoor Tanning, Protect Prevention Funding
... any young person under age 18 from tanning. Indoor tanning is the most avoidable cause of skin cancer, and in the U.S., more than 6,000 cases of melanoma can be attributed to indoor tanning annually. Ally Healey, of St. Louis, is a melanoma survivor who tanned throughout her teenage years. A mother of three, Healey was diagnosed at age 29 and later found that her cancer had ... diagnosis. “No one deserves to pay for the mistakes of their youth with their life,” Healey said. “I may be alive now and have beaten melanoma, but I am always looking over my shoulder to see if it’s back. I’m here in Jefferson City today to share my story and tell lawmakers ...
100 Cancer Advocates to Urge Lawmakers to Curb Indoor Tanning, Protect Prevention Funding
... session. Ally Healey – an advocate from St. Louis – is available to share her story about tanning as a teenager and later developing melanoma. WHO: Ally Healey, an ACS CAN volunteer and melanoma survivor from St. Louis 100 cancer patients, survivors and ACS CAN volunteers WHAT: ACS CAN Day at the Capitol - Morning ...
Youth E-cigarette Epidemic Prompts American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to Seek Legislation Addressing Tobacco Addiction
... Control and Prevention (CDC) study predicts prohibiting indoor tanning among children younger than 18 years nationwide could prevent 61,839 melanoma cases, prevent 6,725 melanoma deaths and save the U.S. $342.9 million in treatment costs over the group’s lifetime. ACS CAN volunteers look forward to meeting with ...
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 ...
ABC News 12: Cancer survivors and health care advocates rally for oral chemo coverage
... other states provide equal health insurance coverage of chemotherapy, whether it's taken by needle or by mouth. "I am a bone cancer survivor and melanoma survivor. I was diagnosed in college and I also lost my father to multiple myeloma a few years ago, so it's really passionate to see the ...
Cancer Survivors, Caregivers Rally at State Capitol for Improved Prevention
... in the United States and rates have continued to rise over the past 30 years. Approximately 1,800 Missourians will be diagnosed this year with melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer. Laws that prohibit young people under age 18 from using tanning devices are effective in deterring ...
Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally Legislators Virtually Due to Coronavirus
... from using indoor tanning devices without exemptions. The use of indoor tanning device before age 35 increases an individual's lifetime risk of melanoma by 59%. One in thirteen high school girls has used a tanning device, with numbers increasing to one in eight by their senior year. By ...
$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 ...