ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
State indoor tanning laws and adolescent indoor tanning.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of compliance with indoor tanning legislation.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of a Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Cessation in Young Females: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Trial
- A Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Indoor Tanning Motivations in Adolescents: a Randomized Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
- Geographic and population disparities in cutaneous melanoma in the United States: state-level trends and national population-level analyses.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Nonconforming gender expression and adolescent indoor tanning.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Bills to Restrict Access to and Harm From Indoor Tanning Facilities in US State Legislatures, 1992‒2023.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- Global Tanning Bed Advertising: A Comparison of Legal Regulations on Three Continents.Cancers · 2023Article
- Tanning Bed Legislation for Minors: A Comprehensive International Comparison.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association Between State Indoor Tanning Legislation and Google Search Trends Data in the United States From 2006 to 2019: Time-Series Analysis.JMIR dermatology · 2021Article
- Indoor Tanning Trends Among US Adults, 2007-2018.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- The high costs of cheap tanning: pricing and promotional practices of indoor tanning facilities in six cities in the United States.Journal of public health policy · 2019Article
- Skin cancer projections and cost savings 2014-2045 of improvements to the Danish sunbed legislation of 2014.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2019Article
- Assessing the content and comprehensiveness of provincial and territorial indoor tanning legislation in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Article
- Availability of tanning salons in Ontario relative to indoor tanning policy (2001-2017).Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
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- State Indoor Tanning Laws and Prevalence of Indoor Tanning Among US High School Students, 2009-2015.American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Skin cancer interventions across the cancer control continuum: Review of technology, environment, and theory.Preventive medicine · 2018Review
- Counseling on Sun Protection and Indoor Tanning.Pediatrics · 2017Article
- The urgent need to ban youth indoor tanning: evidence from college undergraduates.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- Compliance with indoor tanning bans for minors among businesses in the USA.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesRecently, several state indoor tanning laws, including age restrictions, were promulgated to reduce indoor tanning among minors. We examined the effects of these laws on adolescent indoor tanning.
methodsWe used nationally representative data from the 2009 and 2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (n = 31 835). Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined the association between state indoor tanning laws and indoor tanning among US high school students.
resultsFemale students in states with indoor tanning laws were less likely to engage in indoor tanning than those in states without any laws. We observed a stronger association among female students in states with systems access, parental permission, and age restriction laws than among those in states without any laws. We found no significant association among female students in states with only systems access and parental permission laws or among male students.
conclusionsIndoor tanning laws, particularly those including age restrictions, may be effective in reducing indoor tanning among female high school students, for whom rates are the highest. Such reductions have the potential to reduce the health and economic burden of skin cancer.
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