Legislation is needed to stop children using sunbeds

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Catherine S Thomson, head of statistical information1,
Chris Twelves, professor of clinical pharmacology and oncology2

¹Cancer Research UK, Statistical Information Team, London WC2A 3PX
²Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and St James’s Institute of Oncology, Level 4, Bexley Wing, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF

Catherine.Thomson{at}cancer.org.uk

Spence extols the joy of sunny days,1 but sunbeds raise serious issues. A recent meta-analysis showed sunbed use before the age of 35 was associated with an increased relative risk of 75% for developing malignant melanoma (absolute risks were not recorded).2

Cancer Research UK recently carried out two large, face to face surveys of sunbed use in over 9000 children aged 11-17 in England.3 …