(Thursday, 10 may HealthDay News) - despite warnings on the dangers of excessive exposure to the Sun, young adults in the United States still get or use tanning beds, responsible for federal health, said Thursday.
Both activities increase the risk of skin cancer, the most common cancer among Americans, including potentially deadly melanoma.
"People need to realize that exposure to ultraviolet light, if it is the Sun or tanning beds, is dangerous, especially when you are young, and they need to limit their exposure," said Dr. Marcus Plescia, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Prevention of cancer prevention and control division.
"We are concerned that tanning is more and more common, and we fear that this will become a real epidemic if we are not careful." The problem is that you do not see cancers of the cultures up to 10-15 years later, "he says.
To protect this generation of generalized melanoma, said CDC public health efforts are needed to increase the use of shade and sunscreen in recreation areas.
The results appear in the two reports published in the issue of CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on May 11.
In a study, the CDC researchers found that 50% of those 18 to 29 years old had at least sunburned in the last year, despite an increase in the use of sunscreen and other protective measures, such as sit in the shade and wear protective clothing. Among whites, 66 percent had tans.
In the other report, researchers found frequent tanning in young adults, with the highest rate among white women between 18 and 25. Much reported tanning almost 28 times on average in the past year, according to the report.
About 6% of American adults reported indoor tanning at least once in the previous year. Among white indoor tanners, 58% of women and 40% of men had used tanning beds 10 or more times in the past year, the researchers found.
"People need to understand that there is a risk the use of tanning beds," said Plescia.
Tanning before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 75 percent, noted the report. The fact that the rate of Melanoma is higher among young white women that white men can be explained by their more frequent use of the tanning, the authors suggested.
Plescia said that approximately 30 States limit the use of tanning beds by young people, but these regulations vary.
"Only two States, California and Vermont, prohibition room tanning for anyone under 18," he said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering requiring labels on tanning beds to inform users about the risks of skin cancer, he said. But it does not ban tanning is realistic.
Dr. Daniel Siegel, President of the American Academy of Dermatology, said that the numbers were not unexpected. "I am not surprised," we find that many people of tanning. It's like smoking and other habits risky; "you are young and you think that you are immortal," said.
"It's a habit, people must change," said Siegel. "You must protect yourself from carcinogenic ultraviolet light that enjoy the Sun and tanning."
Melanoma is increasing at an alarming rate, Siegel added. "If you look at the lifetime risk, it is close to 1 to 50;" "It was 1 to 1 000 forty years ago," he said.
To reduce the risk of skin cancer, the CDC recommends that:
Stay in the shade, especially from 10 hours to 2 p.m.Wear clothing to protect exposed skin.Wear a hat to wide in the shadow of the face, head, ears and neck.Porter of the multidisciplinary sunglasses that block most ultraviolet a and ultraviolet B.Utiliser sunscreen with a sun protection factor 15 or more that blocks ultraviolet and ultraviolet B u.n. ' use a tanning.More information
For more information on skin cancer, visit the Skin Cancer Foundation.
SOURCES: Marcus Plescia, MD, Director, division of prevention of cancer and control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Daniel M. Siegel, MD, President, American Academy of Dermatology; 11 May 2012, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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