BACKGROUND Indoor tanning is a popular behavior that may increase skin cancer risk. OBJECTIVE To examine characteristics associated with use or intention to use indoor tanning among adolescents. METHODS A telephone interview was conducted with 1273 adolescents, aged 14 to 17 years, in the Minneapolis-St Paul, Minn, and Boston, Mass, metropolitan areas. Questions included demographic and phe...

Bursicon is a heterodimeric neurohormone that acts through a G protein-coupled receptor named rickets (rk), thus inducing an increase in cAMP and the activation of tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the cuticular tanning pathway. In insects, the role of bursicon in the post-ecdysial tanning of the adult cuticle and wing expansion is well characterized. Here we investigated the ro...

In Europe, little is known about the prevalence of indoor tanning. The aims of this study were therefore to estimate the prevalence of sunbed use and to identify risk groups and motives in a population-based survey. The cross-sectional "SUN-Study 2008" ("Sunbed-Use: Needs for Action-Study 2008") was conducted in 2008. A total of 500 adults, aged 18-45 years, were randomly selected and asked abo...

The Characterization of Indoor Tanning Facilities in Florida Commercial tanningbedshavebeenavailable for cosmeticuse for many decades, and current estimates suggest that 1 million people use tanning beds daily despite their placement in the highest cancer risk category and use being restricted in many states.1 Indoor tanning is linked tomelanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer development, especial...

posed population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010;19(6):1557-1568. 6. US Dept of Agriculture Economic Research Service. Illinois state-level map. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/IL.pdf. Accessed June 1, 2011. 7. US Census Bureau. American FactFinder. http://factfinder.census.gov/home /saff/main.html?_lang=en. Accessed June 1, 2011. 8. Dellavalle RP, Schilling LM, Chen AK, H...

We read with concern the article by Tangpricha et al (1) on tanning and vitamin D status in a recent issue of the Journal. They concluded, on the basis of their study, that “tanning beds may also provide some medical benefit.” Our concern is based on several factors. First, Tangpricha et al recruited a convenience sample via an online bulletin board and newspaper advertisement. Hence, their stu...