Doctors Say Teens Should Be Banned From Tanning Salons

[Jazzy]

Teenagers should be barred from tanning salons to help prevent them from getting skin cancer, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.



The country's largest group of pediatric doctors warned today that spending time in the tanning salon greatly increases the chances of getting melanoma, the most aggressive and deadly type of skin cancer. According to the group, melanoma is the second leading type of cancer among women in their 20s.



The new policy makes the American Academy of Pediatrics the latest medical group to campaign for increased regulation of tanning salons. In 2009, the World Health Organization classified tanning as a carcinogen and has also lobbied to bar teens from the popular practice. The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Dermatology support a ban as well.



Dr. Sophie Balk of Children's Hospital at Montefiore, the lead author of the new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the group is singling out teens because tanning has become trendy among teenage girls. According to research cited by Balk, nearly one out of four white women ages 13 to 19 has visited a tanning salon at least once.



Each year, about 8,500 Americans die from melanoma, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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[Nebulous]

Everyone should be banned from tanning salons. Accept your skin for what it looks like. Its better than dying of skin cancer.

 

[Evil Eye]

Everyone should be banned from tanning salons. Accept your skin for what it looks like. Its better than dying of skin cancer.

Somehow this seems like a self-solving problem