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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Just 13 percent of U.S. women and 4 percent of men understand tanning beds should be avoided as a skin cancer risk, researchers say.
Study author Kelvin Choi of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and colleagues say despite media reports on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommending a ban on the use of tanning beds by teens under age 18, most young adults do not associate avoiding tanning beds with lowering the risk of skin cancer.
The study involved 2,869 white participants ages 18-64 and a random subset of 821 participants were also asked questions about skin cancer prevention knowledge and attitudes.
Overall, 18.1 percent of women and 6.3 percent of men reported tanning indoors in the past year, and women who used tanning beds were also likely to use spray tanning products as well. However, the numbers were higher in those younger ages 18-24.
The study is published in the Archives of Dermatology.
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