title: 'Out of the frying pan, but not into the fire': quantifying commercial cosmetic tanning services in New Zealand to inform endgame regulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the context of possible regulation, to quantify and describe: (1) indoor tanning businesses in New Zealand; (2) sunbeds available for sale on Trade Me©.
  
  
  METHODS
  In January 2016, we conducted a national audit of businesses potentially providing sunbed services (solariums, beauty-salons, hairdressers, gyms and fitness centres) to assess the availability and cost of indoor tanning services (sunbeds and spray tanning). In addition, Trade Me©, New Zealand's largest auction site for second-hand goods, was monitored for one year to determine whether ex-commercial sunbeds were being sold in the domestic market.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 176 businesses were currently providing sunbeds, which for most (92.4%), were supplementary to other 'non-tanning' services. Of 168 sunbeds for sale on TradeMe©, 42 were ex-commercial.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given scientific evidence that there is no safe level of sunbed use for individuals of any age, a ban on commercial sunbed services would have a significant positive impact on skin cancer incidence. Since few New Zealand businesses depend on providing sunbed services, a ban would have minimal negative economic impact, affecting only a small number of businesses. There should be a total ban on the importation, manufacture, sale and rental of sunbeds for commercial or private use in New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: Research Fellow, Cancer Society, Social and Behavioural Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago, School of Medicine, Dunedin.
authors.forename: Bronwen M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: McNoe
authors.affiliation: Research Associate Professor, Cancer Society, Social and Behavioural Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago, School of Medicine, Dunedin.
authors.forename: Anthony I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Reeder
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009520:New Zealand; D011634:Public Health; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000592:standards*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*