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Tax the Tan

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:845-846.

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IN THIS issue of the ARCHIVES Demko et al¹ use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health survey data to substantiate the claim that millions of US teenagers patronize indoor tanning facilities.² The study reports that more than 25% of US white female adolescents have used tanning booths 3 or more times. Factors associated with indoor tanning included female sex, residence in the Midwest or South, rural school location, increasing age, use of tobacco and alcohol, and increased personal spending money. The study harmoniously complements other recent work documenting the extensive purveyance of indoor tanning to US minors.^3-5

While teenagers, the tanning industry, and the general public frequently view tanned skin as sexy and desirable, indoor tanning is associated with skin cancer⁶ and UV radiation is a classified carcinogen.⁷ Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, annually accounting for more than 1.3 million new cases and costing billions of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 E Ninth Ave, B-153
Denver, CO 80262
(e-mail: robert.dellavalle@uchsc.edu)

Lisa M. Schilling, MD; Alan K. Chen, JD; Eric J. Hester, MD
Denver

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