Skin Cancer, Indoor Tanning, and (Little) Regulation (CL&P Blog)

This AP story describes the views of medical experts that indoor tanning is linked to skin cancer. The story then discusses a new Center for Disease Control study reporting on the significant use of indoor tanning salons. The study reports that about 21% of women aged 18?25 used?a tanning salon in the last 12 months. Among white women, the figure was about 30%. Moreover, it's not as if these are once-a-year visits. White women who use salons reported going about 20 times per year (nearly 28 times per year for women in the 18 to 21 year old category). The tanning salon industry is not heavily regulated. There are?some restrictions on use of tanning salons by minors in some states. But even with respect to minors, the industry is not highly regulated, according to?this 2009 Time magazine article. Go?here for a discussion of the 2010 recommendations of an FDA advisory panel urging stricter regulation.

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