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MPs call for sunbed advertising ban to help prevent skin cancer
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- Annabel Rackham BBC News Getty Images.
- They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.
- The Sunbed Association says the industry is already strictly regulated and does not believe sunbed use should be categorised in a similar way to tobacco products.
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Annabel Rackham BBC News Getty Images. A cross-party group of MPs is calling for a complete ban on sunbed advertising MPs from a cross-party group are calling for a ban on advertising sunbeds and for warnings to be issued about the dangers of skin cancer in shops.
They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.
The report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on beauty has found that the majority of skin cancer cases are preventable and also that using a sunbed before the age of 35 increases the risk of the most dangerous form of skin cancer by 60%.
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