The window of opportunity for indoor tanning legislation

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• 作者：Jonathan E. Mayer BA (1) (2)
  
  1. Harvard School of Public Health ; Boston ; MA ; USA
  2. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ; New York ; NY ; USA
  
• 关键词：Indoor tanning ; Health policy ; Prevention ; Skin cancer ; Tanning beds ; Melanoma
• 刊名：Translational Behavioral Medicine
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：4
• 期：4
• 页码：434-435
• 全文大小：97 KB
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• 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Health Psychology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; General Practice / Family Medicine; Cross Cultural Psychology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1613-9860

文摘

As of August 2014, 11 states in the USA have passed under-age-18 bans on indoor tanning. The Society of Behavioral Medicine, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all issued statements in support of an under-age-18 ban. The World Health Organization and the Food and Drug Administration have both declared indoor tanning devices as carcinogenic, and this year, the Surgeon General for the first time issued a warning on the dangers of UV radiation and indoor tanning. This essay highlights how the awareness of the risks of indoor tanning, effective policies, and a conducive political atmosphere have aligned to create a window of opportunity for further under-age-18 indoor tanning legislation. The rising number of preventable skin cancers and mortalities is an issue that transcends political party lines, and now, there is a need for support from health professionals and advocates to motivate legislators to push new under-age-18 bills past their sticking points.