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State Indoor Tanning Laws and Adolescent Indoor Tanning
American Journal of Public Health, 2014 Objectives. Recently, several state indoor tanning laws, including age restrictions, were promulgated to reduce indoor tanning among minors. We examined the effects of these laws on adolescent indoor tanning. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2009 and 2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (n = 31 835).
Gery P, Guy +6 more
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Health behaviours associated with indoor tanning based on the 2012/13 Manitoba Youth Health Survey
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2016 Introduction: Although indoor tanning causes cancer, it remains relatively common among adolescents. Little is known about indoor tanning prevalence and habits in Canada, and even less about associated behaviours.
E. Harland +4 more
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Indoor Tanning — Science, Behavior, and Policy [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2010 An estimated 1 million times per day, someone in the United States uses ultraviolet (UV) radiation for skin tanning. According to the indoor tanning industry, tanning beds are used by 30 million Americans, or about 10% of the U.S. population, each year (www.theita.com/indoor). These users include minors, who often have ready access to tanning beds.
David E, Fisher, William D, James
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2016 BackgroundAlthough skin cancer is largely preventable, it affects nearly 1 of 5 US adults. There is a need for research on how to optimally design persuasive public health indoor tanning prevention messages.
Evans, William D, Mays, Darren
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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 +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Friendly tanning: young adults’ engagement with friends around indoor tanning [PDF]
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2017 Indoor tanning (IT), particularly during early adulthood, increases risk for melanoma and is exceedingly common among youth. Social influence, including social norms, promotes IT but little is known about young adults' engagement with friends around tanning.
Vivian M, Rodríguez +4 more
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Contextual Factors, Indoor Tanning, and Tanning Dependence in Young Women [PDF]
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2015 To investigate the association of contextual factors such as cost, tanning accessibility, regulations, or marketing and indoor tanning or tanning dependence.One hundred thirty-nine college-aged female indoor tanners completed a questionnaire between 2009 and 2011.Higher scores on tanning dependence and assessment in the spring/summer (versus the fall ...
Carolyn J, Heckman +4 more
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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 +4 more
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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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