Sentences with phrase «indoor tanning bed use»

In compiling the SPOTme ® survey data, researchers found that infrequent sunscreen use, high numbers of blistering childhood sunburns and chronic indoor tanning bed use were all associated with a recently changing mole.

In addition, a study published in the International Journal of Cancer in May 2011 determined that for young people diagnosed with melanoma between the ages of 18 and 29 years old, 76 percent were attributable to indoor tanning bed use.

Not exact matches

The data they collected included the type of indoor tanning device used (sunlamps, tanning beds, or booths), and skin sensitivity to the sun and proportion of time spent outdoors in childhood.

According to Dr. Brod, studies show the rate for melanoma is 59 percent higher for those who have ever used tanning beds and is double for those who indoor tan more than 10 times in a lifetime.

Five states ban the use of tanning beds for minors under 18, and 33 states and the District of Columbia have passed regulations limiting minors» access to indoor tanning.

A survey of young women who use tanning beds found that despite being aware of the health risks associated with indoor tanning, they continue to take part in the activity, according to research conducted by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Legislation prohibiting the use of indoor tanning beds by minors under 17 passed both the New Jersey House and Senate in February.

In December 2015, the U.S Food and Drug Administration proposed to ban everyone under 18 from using indoor tanning beds, a known cause of skin cancer in the U.S.

Cartmel's team surveyed nearly 500 people who had previously sunbathed or used an indoor tanning bed.

But the organization emphasized some shortcomings in the research, such as the inability of most studies to tease apart the effects of indoor tanning versus sunbathing or to pinpoint how the extent of tanning - bed use — also known as the «dose» — affects skin - cancer risk.

This is the most restrictive law on the use of indoor tanning beds in the United States (other states have some restrictions on the use, but no outright ban).