Tanning Bed

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A bed or booth fitted with UV lights that emit UV-A, and lesser amounts of UV-B radiation, homogeneously delivering maximum light in the minimum time

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A 2014 (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/skin-cancer-burns-indoor-tanning-salon-injuries/) CBS News report found thousands of emergency room trips stemming from tanning bed injuries every year.

Man Dies In Tanning Bed

There's a population of men who tan and engage in other risky behaviours and are very unlike the young women that health educators assume are at risk of tanning bed health impacts, noted Pagoto.

Men tend to do fake tan in riskier ways than women

The regulatory change allows the agency to require tanning bed manufacturers to submit a premarket notification, also called a 510(k) submission, prior to marketing the devices.

FDA warns against use of tanning beds by teens

This past October, California signed into legislation the nation's toughest law on teens and tanning beds. Effective January 1, 2012, the law prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from using a tanning bed.

Cancer conversations with the experts from MD Anderson: teens and tanning beds

Although most reported occasional use, 38% of the tanners said they visited a tanning bed weekly.

Most tanning-bed users know about devices' cancer risks

Citing health concerns, Howard County, Md., recently became the first jurisdiction in the nation to ban all minors from using indoor tanning beds.

Maryland county bans minors from tanning

-- People who have used indoor tanning beds at some point in their lives face a modest 1.15-fold increased risk of developing cutaneous melanoma, Dr.

Use of tanning beds linked with melanoma

"Traditional ultraviolet light tanning bed use has been linked to melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers by recent case-control studies," Dr.

Sunless tanning tied to decreased tanning bed use

While Levy's Jackson, Mich.-based organization does not keep specific statistics on home tanning bed sales, he says the consumer market for "moderate, responsible tanning" continues to increase, which also pushes growth in the home-bed sector.

Ray of hope: add more sizzle to your bottom line with tanning beds

If they're not piercing and tattooing it, they're burning it in the sun or browning it in tanning beds. "I'd love to get my belly button pierced," says Britney **, 13.

Teens' skin: tanning, tattooing & body piercing

In executing their survey, the researchers surveyed a population they believed were likely to be tanning bed users - members of college sororities.