By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay A proportion of people who
repeatedly bask under sun lamps meet standard criteria for
addiction, while also reporting higher levels of anxiety and
substance use, according to new research. If this really is the
case, addiction treatments might actually help prevent skin
cancer, experts say. TANNING: New taxes, restrictions hit
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risk "If, for some people, tanning is a way to cope with
emotions, then there are obviously healthier ways to do so than
going to tanning salons every week," said study co-author
Catherine E. Mosher, a postdoctoral research fellow in
department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. "Counseling could
be a logical intervention for these people who have excessive
visits to tanning salons." She and co-author Sharon Danoff-Burg,
of the University at Albany, State University of New York,
published the findings in the April issue of the Archive