title: Support for indoor tanning policies among young adult women who indoor tan.
abstract: The purpose of this study to examine support for indoor tanning policies and correlates of policy support among young adult women who indoor tan. Non-Hispanic white women ages 18-30 who indoor tanned in the past year (n = 356, M 23.3 age, SD 3.1) recruited in the Washington, DC area from 2013 to 2016 completed measures of indoor tanning behaviors, attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and policy support. Most women in the sample supported policies to prevent children under the age of 18 from indoor tanning (74.0 %) and stronger warnings about the risks of indoor tanning on tanning devices (77.6 %); only 10.1 % supported a total ban. In multivariable analyses, support for individual indoor tanning policies varied by demographics (e.g., age), frequent indoor tanning behavior, indoor tanning beliefs, and risk perceptions. Non-Hispanic white young adult women who indoor tan, the primary consumers of indoor tanning, and a high-risk population, largely support indoor tanning prevention policies implemented by many state governments and those currently under review for national enactment. Given low levels of support for a total indoor tanning ban, support for other potential policies (e.g., increasing the minimum age to 21) should be investigated to inform future steps to reduce indoor tanning and the associated health risks.
authors: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. dmm239@georgetown.edu.|Department of Oncology, Cancer Prevention & Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3300 Whitehaven St NW, Suite 4100, Washington, DC, 20007, USA. dmm239@georgetown.edu.
authors: Darren
authors: D
authors: Mays
authors: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Murphy
authors: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Bubly
authors: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.|Melanoma Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Michael B
authors: MB
authors: Atkins
authors: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Kenneth P
authors: KP
authors: Tercyak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004219:District of Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057766:Policy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000528:radiation effects*; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Indoor tanning; Policy; Prevention; Skin cancer