It's time to ban tanning salons
Scientists urge US authorities to ban tanning salons and UV baths
A number of dermatologists are calling on the authorities of the United States and other countries of the world to officially recognize that artificial irradiation of the body with ultraviolet radiation for the sake of tanning contributes to the development of cancer, and propose to ban or limit the turnover of tanning beds, according to an article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Karimkhani et al., The Surgeon General Should Say That Indoor Ultraviolet Radiation Tanning Causes Skin Cancer, in the public domain; the main theses of the article, 8 Reasons the U.S. Surgeon General Should Announce that UV Tanning Causes Skin Cancer, can be read on the website ColoradoCancerBlogs – VM).
"We should not say some complicated and confusing things about the "connection" of cancer and ultraviolet radiation - it will be much easier for people to understand if they are told that sunbathing at home causes skin cancer. Or "Tanning beds cause skin cancer." The time has come for us to openly declare the existence of such a connection," said Robert Dellavalle from the University of Colorado in Denver (USA).
Dellaval and his colleagues presented in their article eight arguments in favor of the fact that ultraviolet tanning beds cause skin cancer, which they hope will encourage lawmakers to treat ultraviolet baths the same way as tobacco or alcohol.
The main argument of dermatologists in favor of such harsh measures is that numerous studies conducted over the past two decades clearly indicate a link between skin cancer and artificial ultraviolet radiation, which persists regardless of age, race or social status.
On average, tanning bed lovers suffer from melanoma and other cancers 16% more often than other people. This probability increases as the frequency and duration of UV baths increase, which once again confirms that tanning beds are directly associated with skin cancer. Dellaval estimates that every tanning session increases the chance of getting melanoma by 1.8% per year.
"In 1964, after the chief medical officer of the United States finally reported to the president that smoking causes lung cancer, attention was drawn to this problem and politicians and officials began to deal with it. The number of people who smoke has decreased, and the spread of lung cancer has declined. And today, it's time for him to make a similar statement about tanning beds," the scientist concludes.
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