Prevention / Tanning Beds

Tanning bed use is a growing epidemic with teens and young adults and despite the advertising - it is NOT SAFE.

   
• Remember, there is no safe tan - either from the sun or a tanning bed.
   
• Tanning beds are in no way less harmful than the sun’s rays.
   
• Tanning beds are 13% to 15% higher in UV radiation than the sun.
   
• UVA radiation penetrates deeper and may be linked to malignant melanoma.
   
• UV radiation from artificial sources is identified as a known cancer causing source.  
   
• If you still want a tan, try one of the sunless tanning products.
   

     
• Just as there is no safe cigarette, there is no safe tan! Many states have enacted legislation to restrict the use of tanning beds by minors.
     
• Read the Federal Drug Administration’s Tan Act Report
     
• See what different states are doing to address this growing and dangerous trend: The National Conference of State Legislatures  
     

If your organization would like copies of this Tanning Bed Warning  contact  contact@melanomaresource.org