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- Title
Perceptions of the solarium ban in Australia: 'Fake it, don't bake it'.
- Authors
Prichard, Ivanka; Dobbinson, Suzanne; Wilson, Carlene; Hutchinson, Amanda D.; Rayner, Joanne; Makin, Jen
- Abstract
<bold>Issue Addressed: </bold>The causal link between ultraviolet radiation from solarium use and skin cancer is well established. In 2012 and 2013, state governments across Australia announced plans to ban commercial solarium use from 31 December 2014. The present study examined the responses of solarium and non-solarium users to the ban on commercial solariums in Australia.<bold>Methods: </bold>Participants (n = 488; 388 females, 100 males; mean age = 26.02, s.d. = 9.95) completed an online questionnaire during the summer prior to the ban relating to solarium usage and their opinions about the ban.<bold>Results: </bold>Overall, 49% (n = 237) of participants were aware of the impending ban; 17% (n = 83) had used a solarium at some point in their life. The response to the solarium ban was positive; however, some current solarium users intended post-ban to use privately owned sunbeds and or spend a greater amount of time sun-tanning.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These findings indicate a high level of public support for the solarium ban, which has removed a risky source of ultraviolet radiation in Australia. SO WHAT? Further steps are now needed to monitor the tanning behaviours of previous solarium users post-ban and their access to private sunbed use and other potentially dangerous methods of tanning (e.g. tanning injections).
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; SUNSPACES; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; SKIN cancer; HEALTH promotion
- Publication
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 2, p154
- ISSN
1036-1073
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1071/HE15002