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" ...If you answered tanning beds, congratulations, you&amp;#039;re right. Here&amp;#039;s the sun 411: Tanning is bad for you, any way you slice it. However, a recent study published in the British Journal of Dermatology states that the risk of skin cancer from tanning beds is twice as dangerous as sunbathing for the same amount of time in the Mediterranean midday summer sun. Lead researcher Professor Harry Moseley, consultant medical physicist at University of Dundee, explained, &amp;quot;The development of high-power sunlamps, along with clear failures of the sunbed industry to regulate themselves effectively, is putting young people at an even greater risk of skin cancer than we previously thought.&amp;quot; His team also discovered that the risk of skin cancer was six times higher from one of the tanning beds, compared to direct natural sunlight exposure. If that bit of info doesn&amp;#039;t scare you out of using another tanning bed, we don&amp;#039;t know what will. Oh, maybe this little factoid: The World Health Organization has stated that sunbeds are as lethal as cigarettes, and they are listed as one of the most dangerous, cancer-causing habits. Unfortunately though, research has shown that despite warnings, tanning bed usage is still on the rise\u2014even with the government banning under 18-year-olds from using sunbeds. Basically, if there&amp;#039;s one thing you take away from this post, we hope it&amp;#039;s this: Tanning beds are the devil, and you need to steer clear of them at all costs, because the UVA levels they emit not only causes DNA damage (hello, premature aging!), they can also ultimately cause skin cancers. Instead, you need to practice safe sun, and slather on SPF from head to toe when you&amp;#039;re out in natural sunlight to protect your skin properly. Here&amp;#039;s what to use on your face and body, in case sunscreen is a new concept to you. Will these study results deter you from ever stepping into a tanning bed again? Photo: Getty Images Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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