Education Helps Women Make Safer Tanning Choices

Instructional booklet altered attitudes about indoor salons.

(SOURCE: American Cancer Society, news release, Oct. 20, 2008)

MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — Giving young women educational materials about the risks of indoor tanning helps them find healthier alternatives for changing appearances, a study says.

Six months after 430 college-age women received a booklet focused on the damaging effects of tanning and ultraviolet radiation, specifically related to indoor tanning, on the skin’s appearance, about 35 percent of the women reduced their time in tanning booths from the previous year. Similar changes in attitude toward future intentions to tan were also noted.

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