Indoor Tanning Fact Sheet More than 1 million people use an
indoor tanning salon on an average day in the U.S. (1) Nearly 28
million individuals use a tanning bed in the U.S. annually. Of
these, 2.3 million are teens. (2) (3) Nearly 70 percent of
tanning salon customers are Caucasian girls and women, primarily
between the ages of 16 to 29. (4) Dangers of Indoor Tanning The
United States Department of Health and Human Services and the
International Agency of Research on Cancer, a division of the
World Health Organization, has declared ultraviolet (UV)
radiation from the sun and artificial sources, such as tanning
beds and sun lamps, as a known human carcinogen. (5) Indoor
tanning equipment, which includes all artificial light sources,
including beds, lamps, bulbs, booths, etc., emits UVA and UVB
radiation. The amount of the radiation produced during indoor
tanning is similar to the sun, and in some cases, may be
stronger. (6) (7) Those who begin tanning before the age of 35
increase their melanoma risk by 75 p