Ban commercial sunbeds
Sunbeds cause melanoma, especially when used young. Australia and Brazil have banned them. Other countries should follow and measure the effect.
IARC classifies UV tanning devices as Group 1 carcinogens and Australia banned commercial sunbeds in 2015-16. Propose bans in remaining high-use countries (much of Europe, the US) with pre-planned evaluation of melanoma incidence in under-40s.
- Prevention we already have is not deployed · Around four in ten cancers are preventable with tools we already own: vaccines, tobacco control, weight, alcohol, sun and infection control.
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- TermAlcohol-attributable cancer
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- Key paperAlcohol caused an estimated 741,000 cancers worldwide in 2020
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