Skin cancer now top cancer among young women in UK

Shermunda Lawrence
10:41 pm
4.12.2009

In London, experts are worried about the increasing numbers of younger people being diagnosed with skin cancer could be the start of a dangerous trend. Women in their 20s make up a small percentage of all patients diagnosed with melanoma in Britain, but nearly a third of all cases occur in people younger than 50. The Cancer Research in UK is starting a SunSmart campaign to warn Britons of the dangers of being too bronzed. In the United States, several states require parental approval before minors can use tanning salons. At least 29 states have regulations governing minors' use of tanning salons.In the UK, Scottish government passed legislation banning those under 18 from using tanning beds, though it hasn't yet been implemented. The World Health Organization recommended tanning beds to be regulated because of their potential to damage DNA in the skin. Experts said “most deadly skin cancers could be avoided if people took the proper precautions when in the sun and avoided tanning beds.”
Not only is this a problem in UK, but U.S. has this problem as well. The ones who cannot use the tanning beds go to the other alternative which is go out to the sun which is worst. Now since I am a darker complexion of the African American descent, I have never experienced the tanning salons. And I don’t understand this article as in is it informing us on the research in UK or what.
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