title: Perceptions of the solarium ban in Australia: 'Fake it, don't bake it'.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The causal link between ultraviolet radiation from solarium use and skin cancer is well established. In 2012 and 2013, state governments across Australia announced plans to ban commercial solarium use from 31 December 2014. The present study examined the responses of solarium and non-solarium users to the ban on commercial solariums in Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (n = 488; 388 females, 100 males; mean age = 26.02, s.d. = 9.95) completed an online questionnaire during the summer prior to the ban relating to solarium usage and their opinions about the ban.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 49% (n = 237) of participants were aware of the impending ban; 17% (n = 83) had used a solarium at some point in their life. The response to the solarium ban was positive; however, some current solarium users intended post-ban to use privately owned sunbeds and or spend a greater amount of time sun-tanning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate a high level of public support for the solarium ban, which has removed a risky source of ultraviolet radiation in Australia. SO WHAT? Further steps are now needed to monitor the tanning behaviours of previous solarium users post-ban and their access to private sunbed use and other potentially dangerous methods of tanning (e.g. tanning injections).
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: Ivanka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Prichard
authors.affiliation: Cancer Council Victoria, 615St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobbinson
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: Carlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Magill Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.affiliation: Cancer Council SA, 202 Greenhill Road, Eastwood, SA 5063, Australia.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rayner
authors.affiliation: University of Tasmania, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia.
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D001505:Beauty Culture; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055108:Sunbathing; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult