title: Recall of indoor tanning salon warnings and safety guidelines among a national sample of tanners.
abstract: Indoor tanning (IT) is a known carcinogen, and regulation has increased across the USA. However, there is minimal point-of-sale regulation for adult users. The purpose of the present study is to explore whether IT users recall being provided with warnings or safety guidelines at tanning salons. A national sample of 273 young adult, female IT users (mean age = 22.26, SD = 2.38) was surveyed regarding the frequency that they recalled being provided with six different warnings and safety guidelines when at tanning salons. Between 65 and 90.1 % of participants reported recalling the various warnings and guidelines. Having very fair skin was reported by 16.8 % of participants, and these high-risk individuals were less likely to recall having read and signed a consent form than other IT users (p = .002). The current level of regulation is insufficient to provide IT users with consistent warnings and safety guidelines at tanning salons.
authors.affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA. ashley.day@rutgers.edu.|School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. ashley.day@rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Ashley K
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8083-7147
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Day
authors.affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA.|Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.|Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Elliot J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Coups
authors.affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA.|Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.|Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Manne
authors.affiliation: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, 5th floor, Room 5549.20, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-2681, USA.|Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.|Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Jerod L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stapleton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Indoor tanning; Policy; Skin cancer; Tanning; Tanning industry