February 26th, 2013 by Elaine Ellis Stone
House Bill 18, the Youth Skin Cancer Prevention Act, was approved by the North Carolina House of Representatives? Committee on Health and Human Services today. The legislation would protect children and young adults from the dangers of skin cancer by prohibiting those under the age of 18 from using commercial indoor tanning beds.
?As doctors, we see all too often the tragic results of North Carolina teens who subject themselves to tanning beds without any idea of the risks,? said dermatologist Dr. Kelly Nelson, one of the multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic physicians at?Duke University and a member of the NC Dermatology Association, which supports the bill. ??While not all melanoma is caused by ultraviolet radiation, we do know that intense ultraviolet radiation from tanning bed exposure at a young age can greatly increase the risk of melanoma. We applaud the General Assembly?s important first step toward protecting teens from?the potential lifelong consequences of tanning.?
The Youth Skin Cancer Prevention Act is sponsored in the North Carolina House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of legislators, including 15 Republicans and 10 Democrats. The legislation is supported by a coalition of medical and public health organizations, including:
- American Cancer Society
- North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control
- North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force
- North Carolina Dermatology Association
- North Carolina Medical Society
- North Carolina Oncology Association
- North Carolina Pediatric Society
- AIM at Melanoma
Research from the American Cancer Society shows that young people who start indoor tanning before the age of 35 increase their risk of melanoma by almost 90 percent. Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25-29 years old and the second most common form of cancer for adolescents and young adults 15-29 years old.
The Dermatology Association has launched an interactive website . Sponsored by the Cary Skin Center, the Skin Surgery Center in Winston-Salem, the Dermatology Group of the Carolinas in Concord, the N.C. Dermatology Association and the N.C. Medical Society, the site provides information on skin cancer prevention as well as updates on the legislation?s progress. Citizens can also connect with the coalition and get involved by following the effort on Twitter @BanTheTanNC and on Facebook.
Source: http://www.ncmedsoc.org/blog/index.php/archives/24204
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