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- Title
Decrease in artificial tanning by French teenagers: 2011‐2016.
- Authors
Say, Matthieu; Beauchet, Alain; Vouldoukis, Ioannis; Beauchet, Pascale; Boudet, Monique; Tella, Emilie; Mahé, Emmanuel
- Abstract
Summary: Background: The major risk factor for skin cancers is exposure to solar and artificial ultraviolet radiation, in particular during childhood and adolescence. In France, a law was restricted for tanning‐bed access to adults (≥18 years) since 1997. Objective: To evaluate teenagers’ artificial tanning behaviour in 2016 and to compare results with those obtained in a similar survey performed in 2011. Methods: The SOLADO 2011 and 2016 surveys were conducted in a general school in Antony and a technical school in Fontenay‐aux‐Roses (Paris suburb). Results: In 2016, 630 teenagers (mean age: 14.2 ± 1.9 y: Males/Females: 301/329) completed the questionnaire, 1.3% of teenagers reported using tanning beds, 1.1% tanning pills and 8.9% tanning creams. Between 2011 and 2016, the use of tanning beds decreased from 1.4% to 0.7% in Antony (P = .26) and from 9.5% to 4.8% in Fontenay‐aux‐Roses (P = .01), and the use of tanning creams from 39.8% to 17.6% in Fontenay‐aux‐Rose (P = .0007). The incidence of sunburn decreased from 60.5% to 54.0% in Antony (P = .02) and from 55.4% to 42.4% in Fontenay‐aux‐Roses (P = .05). Conclusion: As compared to 2011, teenagers used artificial tanning methods less frequently in 2016. In particular, they used tanning beds less frequently, suggesting that the new stricter legislation has been effective.
- Subjects
RISK factors of skin cancer; TANNING (Suntan) beds; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; SOLAR radiation; ADOLESCENT psychology; LAW
- Publication
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2018, Vol 34, Issue 4, p257
- ISSN
0905-4383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phpp.12380