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Ban tanning for teens
One blistering sunburn in a person’s childhood more than doubles their chance of getting skin cancer later in life. People under the age of 18 should be banned from using indoor tanning booths under any circumstances.
If tanning was banned for everyone under the age of 18, our children and teenagers would have healthier skin and immune systems, as well as a reduced risk of skin cancer. Teenager and adolescent skin is more vulnerable than that of adults, and is more susceptible to developing skin cancer.
Cancers in adolescents often are not diagnosed because doctors don’t think to do skin examinations on people under the age of 25.
The risk of melanoma for those using tanning beds is 800 percent greater than those who do not resort to indoor tanning.
Save our kids from life-threatening diseases such as malignant melanoma, basil cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
Ban indoor tanning from people under the age of 18.
Hollyanne Herbel
Spokane