Young people Indoor tanning
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children , adolescents use tanning beds @ greater risk because of biological vulnerability uv radiation. epidemiological studies have shown exposure artificial tanning increases risk of malignant melanoma , longer exposure, greater risk, particularly in individuals exposed before age of 30 or have been sunburned.
one study conducted among college students found awareness of risks of tanning beds did not deter students using them. teenagers frequent targets of tanning industry marketing, includes offers of coupons , placing ads in high-school newspapers. members of united states house committee on energy , commerce commissioned sting operation in 2012, in callers posing 16-year-old woman wanted tan first time called 300 tanning salons in us. staff reportedly failed follow fda recommendations, denied risks of tanning, , offered misleading information benefits.
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