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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 ...
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 ...