New Study Looks at Indoor Tanning Among U.S. High School Students
A new study looks at changes in indoor tanning among U.S. high school students, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity, using data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). From 2009 to 2017, indoor tanning declined overall from 15.6% to 5.6% of high school students. There were significant declines in indoor tanning among non-Hispanic white female students (37.4% to 10.1%) and Hispanic female students (10.5% to 3.0%), who have historically had the highest use. From 2015 to 2017, indoor tanning did not decrease among non-Hispanic white and Hispanic male students. Ongoing efforts are needed to change pro-tanning social norms and protect adolescents from the harms of indoor tanning.
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