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Many Young Adults at Risk of Skin Cancer: CDC
Date:5/11/2012

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Despite warnings about the dangers of excess sun exposure, young adults in the United States still get sunburned or use indoor tanning beds, federal health officials said Thursday.

Both activities increase the risk for skin cancer -- the most common cancer among Americans -- including potentially fatal melanoma.

"People need to realize that exposure to ultraviolet light, whether it's from the sun or tanning beds, is dangerous, particularly 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 Prevention's division of cancer prevention and control.

"We are concerned that tanning is becoming more prevalent and we are concerned that this is going to become a real epidemic if we are not careful. The problem is you don't see the cancers crop up until 10 to 15 years later," he said.

To protect this generation from widespread melanoma, the CDC said public health efforts are needed to increase shade and sunscreen use in recreational areas.

The findings appear in two reports published in the May 11 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In one study, the CDC researchers found that 50 percent of people 18 to 29 years old had at least one sunburn in the past year, despite an increase in sunscreen use and other protective actions, such as sitting in the shade and wearing protective clothing. Among whites, 66 percent had been sunburned.

In the other report, researchers found indoor tanning common among young adults, with the highest rate among white women between 18 and 25. Many reported tanning nearly 28 times on average in the past year, according to the report.

About 6 percent of U.S. adults reported indoor tanning at least once the previous year. Among the white indoor tanners, 58 percent of women and 40 p
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