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Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Behaviors

Journal of Skin Cancer, 2014
Introduction. Adolescent use of indoor tanning facilities is associated with an increased risk in later development of melanoma skin cancers. States that have imposed age restrictions on access to indoor tanning generally show lower self-reported rates ...
Rebecca G. Simmons, Kristi Smith, Meghan Balough, Michael Friedrichs   +3 more
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Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Despite educational and public health campaigns to convey the risks of indoor tanning, many individuals around the world continue to engage in this behavior.
Lostritto Karen, Ferrucci Leah M, Cartmel Brenda, Leffell David J, Molinaro Annette M, Bale Allen E, Mayne Susan T   +6 more
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Prevalence and correlates of intentional outdoor and indoor tanning among adolescents in the United States: Findings from the FLASHE survey

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2018
A body of research has focused on adolescents' indoor tanning behaviors but relatively little is known about the prevalence of adolescents' intentional outdoor tanning (time spent outdoors to get a tan).
Zhaomeng Niu, Veenat Parmar, Baichen Xu, Elliot J. Coups, Jerod L. Stapleton   +4 more
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Knowledge and practice of recreational tanning among female college students in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia. A cross sectional study

Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2017
Recreational tanning has become popular among young Saudi women. This study investigates whether Saudi female college students are practicing recreational tanning and analyzes the level of their awareness regarding the consequences of tanning as a cause ...
Najla A. Al-Dawsari, Rana K. Shahab
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“These people, you just guide them until they become these people”: learning to become a frequent indoor tanner

BMC Psychology, 2017
Background Many young women experiment with using indoor tanning beds with some becoming regular users. There is a dearth of research focused on factors related to the development of regular tanning.
Jerod L. Stapleton, Benjamin F. Crabtree
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Factors associated with sunbed use among 3692 outpatients in 18 centers of the Italian Cancer League (LILT)

Scientific Reports, 2021
Indoor tanning is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer. Nonetheless, its use is still widespread. We aimed to investigate the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of sunbed users in a group of participants in the skin cancer ...
Simona Mastroeni, Francesca Sampogna, Nidia Melo Salcedo, Francesco Ricci, Luca Fania, Flaminia Antonelli, Damiano Abeni, Mario Cristofolini   +7 more
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Sunbed Use among 11- to 17-Year-Olds and Estimated Number of Commercial Sunbeds in England with Implications for a ‘Buy-Back’ Scheme

Children, 2021
Prior to 2011 legislation prohibiting children from using commercial sunbeds, the prevalence of sunbed use in 15- to 17-year-olds in some areas in England was as high as 50%.
Louisa G. Gordon, Rob Hainsworth, Martin Eden, Tracy Epton, Paul Lorigan, Megan Grant, Adéle C. Green, Katherine Payne   +7 more
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Health Beliefs About UV and Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors

Cancer Control, 2020
Our purpose was to examine the beliefs of college students about UV exposure and sunscreen use and their associations with skin cancer risk and protective behaviors in a cloudy climate. The sample was online survey participants (N = 334) recruited from a
Anne Julian PhD, Sheryl Thorburn PhD, MPH, G. John Geldhof PhD   +2 more
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Breaking Optical Transparency and Electromagnetic Performance Trade‐Offs for Transparent Reflective Metasurfaces

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
A theory‐guided magnetoelectric metasurface design breaks the conventional optical transparency and electromagnetic performance trade‐offs. By preserving the electric and magnetic current paths required for efficient reflection through fine‐metal‐line structure, the developed transparent reflective metasurface achieves high optical transparency without
Mina Feizi, Shu‐Lin Chen, Geng‐Bo Wu, Li‐Zhao Song, Pei‐Yuan Qin, Y. Jay Guo   +5 more
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Decreases in tanning behaviors following a short online survey: Potential for prevention?

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objectives: To date, tanning prevention programs have led to limited success. The aim of the present study was to investigate potential unexpected prevention effects of completing an online survey focused on tanning attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge ...
Rachel F. Rodgers, Debra L. Franko, Mark Gottlieb, Richard Daynard   +3 more
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