Sewon Kang, MD Noxell Professor & Chairman Department of Dermatology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Skin Cancer is an Epidemic  One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.  One American dies of melanoma almost every hour (every 62 minutes).  Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults years old.  Melanoma is increasing faster in females years old than males in the same age group.

 Overall age-adjusted annual incidence of melanoma among young men: 4.7 cases per 100,000 persons in 1973 to 7.7 per 100,000 in 2004 (1.6x increase).  Overall rise among young women over the same period: 5.5/100,00 in 1973 to 13.9/100,000 in 2004 (2.5x increase).  Melanoma incidence among women from the 1990s: increasing & greater proportion for regional and distant disease. Purdue MP, Freeman LE, Anderson WF, Tucker MA. Recent Trends in Incidence of Cutaneous Melanoma among US Caucasian Young Adults. J of Invest Dermatol. 2008; 128: 2905– Female - Male

“Increase in Young Adult Tanning Bed Use, U.S., ” Robinson JK, Kim J, Rosenbaum S, Ortiz S Indoor tanning knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among young adults from Arch Dermatol 2009;144(4):

 To protect the public health, the FDA should:  Ban the use and sale of tanning devices in the US; or at a minimum, ▪ Reclassify tanning devices (to the strictest category) ▪ Restrict access to tanning beds by minors ▪ Require informed consent for all consumers ▪ Require posted warning statements ▪ Implement and enforce labeling recommendations from the TAN Act ▪ Enforce additional state regulations

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