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- Title
The Role of Public Health Advocacy in Achieving an Outright Ban on Commercial Tanning Beds in Australia.
- Authors
Sinclair, Craig A.; Makin, Jennifer Kay; Tang, Anita; Brozek, Irena; Rock, Vanessa
- Abstract
Although many countries still face opposition to the legislation of artificial tanning beds, all Australian states and territories have announced a total ban on commercial tanning beds. A combination of epidemiological and policy-centered research, powerful personal stories, and the active advocacy of prominent academics, cancer organizations, and grassroots community campaigners contributed to the decisions to first legislate standards and then ban all commercial tanning beds. We have illustrated that incremental change can be an effective pathway to securing substantial public health reforms.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; HEALTH policy; PUBLIC health; ULTRAVIOLET radiation
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 2, pe7
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2013.301703