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Health Groups Urge Lawmakers to Ban the Teen Tan on Melanoma Monday (Trenton, NJ) (May 7, 2012) – The rate of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has increased sharply in New Jersey, according to a new analysis by the American Cancer Society.  In its Cancer Brief: Melanoma and Indoor Tanning, the Society details a 43 percent increase of incidence of melanoma, which coincides with a boom in the indoor tanning ...

Testimony in support of LD 1297 A bill to raise the access of tanning beds to 18 years old.   My name is Sarah Gahagan, and I am a Melanoma survivor.  This is one of the few times I have actually called myself that.  I tend to minimize my experience when I compare it to other ... skin cancer.  In my mind cancer meant that you just removed the area and went on with your life.  Then she started to talk to me about what Melanoma really is.  How quickly it can spread to the rest of your body.  And that 's when she said those words to me, "it is cancer.  It can ... worry about any changes in my skin, spending too long in the sun at my son's sporting events, and the fact that I have a very high likelyhood of Melanoma recurrence in my lifetime.  The bottom line is that we, as teenagers, do not have the capability, or desire, to delay our instant ...

... of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure, including sun damaged skin and skin cancer, but to them, it seems so rare and foreign.  It is not. Cases of melanoma have steadily increased over the last 30 years due, in part, to the prevalence of indoor tanning use by teens. Life-threatening melanoma is now the fourth most common cancer among 15-29 year olds and has one of the highest years of potential life loss.  An estimated 2,050 ... A recent CDC study estimated that restrictions on indoor tanning for minors younger than 18 would prevent 61,839 melanomas, prevent 6,725 melanoma deaths, and save $342.9 million in treatment costs over the group’s lifetime. Protecting kids from indoor tanning is critical because ...

... with similarly comprehensive laws. If SB 1290 passes out of the House Health Committee, it could be directly sent to the Senate for a vote. Melanoma is the fifth most-common type of cancer in Arizona, and research shows people who use tanning devices before age 35 increase their risk for developing melanoma by 59 percent. Additionally, the effects of ultraviolet exposure are cumulative, meaning the earlier someone starts tanning the more ... survivor from Phoenix Nicole Hill , basal cell carcinoma survivor from Scottsdale Linda Houser , squamous survivor from Mesa Christine Nelson , melanoma survivor from Mesa Shelby Voss , melanoma survivor from Cave Creek WHAT: House Health Committee Hearing WHERE:             ...