Enforcement Provisions of Indoor Tanning Bans for Minors

An Analysis of the First 6 US States

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ID11020280
AutoresAmy L Bulger (Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.), Jonathan E Mayer (0000-0001-6376-9886, Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.), Jeffrey E Gershenwald (0000-0003-4519-5369, Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.), Samantha R Guild (Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.), Samantha Guild (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), Mark Gottlieb (0000-0001-8679-307X, Northeastern University), Mark A Gottlieb (Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.), Alan C Geller (0000-0003-3060-5513, Amy L. Bulger, Jonathan E. Mayer, and Alan C. Geller are with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Samantha R. Guild is with AIM at Melanoma, Richmond, CA. Mark A. Gottlieb is with Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston.)
Año2015
Volumen105
Número8
Páginase10-e12
Fecha de publicación2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302684
PMID26066916
OpenAlexW1854664246
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas5

Several states have passed legislation banning minors from indoor tanning; however, concern has been raised regarding enforcement. We explored the statutes pertaining to enforcement in the first 6 US states to pass legislation banning minors younger than 18 years from indoor tanning. The findings reflect significant variability in enforcement provisions across the 6 states. Further investigations are needed to determine whether the statutes are successful in curbing indoor tanning among youths and ultimately whether indoor tanning bans among minors help to reduce skin cancer incidence

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