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Important New Sunbed legislation
25th July 2014
After years of campaigning on this issue by the Irish Cancer Society it is now illegal to allow a person under 18 to use a sunbed. Every year, up to 28,000 children and young people risk their lives in search of a tan. The link between sunbeds and skin cancer is clear - the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has placed sunbeds in the highest cancer risk category. This means that sunbed use is as carcinogenic as tobacco or plutonium. We would advise everyone not to use sunbeds but it is vital that young people who are most at risk are protected. It is our hope that this legislation will mark a turning point in attitudes to using sunbeds in Ireland. More information can be found on http://bit.ly/sunbed or http://health.gov.ie/healthy-ireland/sunbeds/