Sentences with phrase «tanning devices by»

California, New York, Vermont and Springfield and Chicago, Ill. have passed laws prohibiting the use of indoor tanning devices by minors.

The new law prohibits the use of indoor tanning devices by children less than 17 years of age and requires teens between the ages of 17 and 18 to obtain parental consent.

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They identified the total number of cases in the US in 2015 and worked out how many of these cases were likely due to the use of tanning devices, by using data on prevalence of use of tanning devices and previously published estimates of relative risk — the likelihood of having the disease for people who use tanning devices compared to people who don't.

While indoor tanning has decreased among high school students, about 20 percent of females engaged in indoor tanning at least once during 2013 and about 10 percent of girls frequently engaged in the practice by using an indoor tanning device 10 or more times during the year, according to a research letter published online by JAMA Dermatology.

Those warnings will state tanners face an amplified risk of skin cancer that increases with repeated sunlamp use, and the devices should not be used by individuals with open wounds or a family history of skin cancer.

«By restricting the use of indoor tanning devices among minors, we could potentially save thousands of lives.»

Just a few months earlier, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin approved a bill prohibiting the use of ultraviolet (UV) tanning beds or other devices by those under 18.