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Implications of Lessons Learned From Tobacco Control for Tanning Bed Reform
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Sinclair, C and Makin, JK, Implications of Lessons Learned From Tobacco Control for Tanning Bed Reform, Preventing Chronic Diseases: public health research, practice, and policy, 10 pp. 1-6. ISSN 1545-1151 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Tanning beds used according to the manufacturer’s instructions expose the user to health risks, including melanoma
and other skin cancers. Applying the MPOWER model (monitor, protect, offer alternatives, warn, enforce, and raise
taxes), which has been used in tobacco control, to tanning bed reform could reduce the number of people at risk of
diseases associated with tanning bed use. Among the tactics available to government are restricting the use of tanning
beds by people under age 18 and those with fair skin, increasing the price of tanning bed services through taxation,
licensing tanning bed operators, and banning unsupervised tanning bed operations.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Skin cancer, UV radiation, solariums |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
| Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
| UTAS Author: | Makin, JK (Ms Jen Makin) |
| ID Code: | 103567 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2015-10-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-04 |
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