Tougher stance urged on sunbed use

Tougher actions are needed to reduce the use of sunbeds, researchers said after a study found that the risk of skin cancer increases by 20% for people who use the tanning devices.

If the number of teenagers and young adults using sunbeds does not decrease, “more radical actions” should be considered including a ban on sunbed salons, researchers from the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France, have said.

They made the comments after examining data from 27 studies conducted between 1981 and 2012 which concerned 11,428 cases of melanoma.