Indoor Tanning

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a proven human carcinogen, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Frequent tanners using new high-pressure sunlamps may receive as much as 12 times the annual UVA dose compared to the dose they receive from sun exposure.

Nearly 30 million people tan indoors in the U.S. every year12; 2.3 million of them are teens.

On an average day, more than one million Americans use tanning salons.

Seventy one percent of tanning salon patrons are girls and women aged 16-29.

First exposure to tanning beds in youth increases melanoma risk by 75 percent.

People who use tanning beds are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma.

The indoor tanning industry has an annual estimated revenue of $5 billion.