Indoor Tanning

• Alberta urged to enact ban on young people using indoor tanning beds

  The Canadian Cancer Society is urging the Alberta government to finally enact legislation to ban young people from using indoor tanning beds.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2017
  
• Saskatchewan to ban tanning bed use for people under 18

  If you are under the age of 18 you will soon be prohibited from using tanning in beds in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2015
  
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• Saskatchewan moves to restrict minors from using tanning beds

  Saskatchewan will soon become the last province in the country to prohibit the use of tanning beds for people under the age 18.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2015
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• Sask. government considering new tanning laws

  Saskatchewan's health minister is considering new laws about who can use a tanning bed. Previously when asked about the issue of minors tanning, he said he was focusing on education instead.

  Mar 24, 2015
• ‘Most preventable cancer’ on the rise in Saskatchewan

  While the rates of many cancers in Canada are decreasing, the number of people diagnosed with skin cancer is on the rise.

  Canada

  May 28, 2014
• Alberta needs to ban tanning beds for teens to reduce skin cancer, minister says

  Alberta's health minister says legislation is in the works to ban youth from tanning beds after new data revealed rising rates of deadly skin cancer.

  Health

  May 28, 2014
• Canadian skin cancer rates not a cancer success story

  In 2014, it is estimated that 6,500 new melanoma diagnoses will be made, and 1,050 Canadians will die from this form of cancer.

  Canada

  May 28, 2014