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13/01/2010
Govt Backs Teen Sunbed Ban
Tanning salons are to be banned from allowing under 18s to use sunbeds, the Health Secretary said today.
Andy Burnham said the Government is backing a Private Member's Bill seeking to introduce the ban.
He will meet with Cancer Research UK and Julie Morgan, the MP introducing the Bill, later today.
Mr Burnham said: "The scientific evidence is clear - sunbeds increase your risk of getting skin cancer. It is far too easy for young people to use sunbeds and I am determined to take action to protect them.
"I fully support this Bill which will force tanning salons to ban access for people under 18 years old."
The move comes after a Cancer Research UK report, commissioned by the Government and published in November last year, showed worrying levels of sunbed use amongst under 18s.
According to the study, 6% of children aged 11-17 years in England said that they had used a sunbed
It found 11% of children in Northern regions had used a sunbed compared with 4.2% in both the Midlands and in the South.
Gemma Merna who plays Carmel Valentine in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks is also supporting the bill.
The Private Member’s Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons on 29 January.
(PR/GK)
Andy Burnham said the Government is backing a Private Member's Bill seeking to introduce the ban.
He will meet with Cancer Research UK and Julie Morgan, the MP introducing the Bill, later today.
Mr Burnham said: "The scientific evidence is clear - sunbeds increase your risk of getting skin cancer. It is far too easy for young people to use sunbeds and I am determined to take action to protect them.
"I fully support this Bill which will force tanning salons to ban access for people under 18 years old."
The move comes after a Cancer Research UK report, commissioned by the Government and published in November last year, showed worrying levels of sunbed use amongst under 18s.
According to the study, 6% of children aged 11-17 years in England said that they had used a sunbed
It found 11% of children in Northern regions had used a sunbed compared with 4.2% in both the Midlands and in the South.
Gemma Merna who plays Carmel Valentine in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks is also supporting the bill.
The Private Member’s Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons on 29 January.
(PR/GK)
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