Methods This study was part of a larger study about indoor tanning messages and behavior.
8 A convenience sample of undergraduate sorority (all-female social/service-based groups) …

Objectives. To examine indoor tanning trends among US adults, and the relation to indoor
tanning youth access legislation. Methods. This study analyzed the Health Information …

Online social media sites are increasingly utilized in public health efforts1 and may
represent a valuable avenue to target messages discouraging use of indoor tanning beds …

Importance The US Food and Drug Administration has classified tanning beds as
carcinogenic. Most states have enacted legislation to prevent or create barriers for minors …

Teenage use of indoor tanning has reached epidemic proportions. There is no federal ban
on teen use; rather, it is left to each state to determine policy. We conducted a state-by-state …

Further support is provided by O'Riordan et al3 in this issue of the Archives. They used latent
class analyses to classify visitors to a Hawaiian beach into subtypes based on their degree …

Incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing rapidly worldwide [1]. In USA, there were an
estimated 79,100 new cases of melanoma and 9710 melanoma-related deaths in 2014 …

Importance Strong links between indoor tanning behavior and skin cancer have been
demonstrated across several studies. Understanding the complex belief systems that …

PURPOSE: Indoor tanning is a risk factor for developing melanoma. Although in 2009, 6.7%
of male high school students reported using an indoor tanning device, compared with 25.4 …

Background Indoor tanning (IT) before the age of 35 increases melanoma risk by 75%.
Nevertheless, IT and sunless tanning product (STP) use have gained popularity among …