Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 5

Eighty-three percent of teens had at least one sunburn in 1999, whereas the comparable figure in 1986 was 30 percent.84 "Right now, we're at the apex of the 'bronze goddess era,'" said Atoosa Rubenstein, editor-in-chief of CosmoGIRL magazine. 85 More than a third of the 17-year-old girls in a recent survey reported going to a tanning salon in the previous year. 86 A 2002 study found that those using tanning devices were 1.5 to 2.5 times more likely to develop common forms of skin cancer than those not using the devices. 87 The American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA) has urged the FDA to ban the sale and use of indoor tanning equipment for non-medical purposes and has called for state or federal laws to, among other things, forbid minors from using tanning devices. 88 About 27 states have placed limits on teen tanning. Do you support limits on teen tanning Explain