UK Fines Teens for Tanning

The Sunbed Regulation Act 2010 now stops people under 18 years of age from using tanning beds in salons, leisure centres, gyms and hotels and fines businesses in England up to 20,000 pounds if they are caught. This comes in direct response to new figures from Cancer research UK that show the rates of melanoma in young people continue to skyrocket. Two Britons under age 25 are diagnosed with melanoma every day, and the current rates of melanoma have tripled in individuals aged 15 to 34 since the late 1970's.