Over the last two decades, the public has begun to really learn about the danger of sun exposure. Despite the amount of time and money that has been invested in teaching the public about the importance of sun safety, the reported cases of melanoma have been rapidly rising. One of the contributing factors to this problem is that the effects of UV exposure do not show up for years, so young people continue to spend hours in the sun and not believe that they are damaging their skin. Many people, especially women, who spent their youths without sunscreen, are facing the dangerous effects in their older years.
Tanning booths have made this problem worse because people have a false impression that being in the sun is less damaging than being in a tanning booth, so they don’t think it’s so bad to skip on the sunscreen. The popularity of convertibles is another problem since many people don’t think about how much exposure they are getting while driving in an open car, and don’t think about applying sunscreen.
Here are links for more information
http://http//www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/07/24/despite-repeat-warnings-skin-cancer-continues-rise-among-women
http://www.blogger.com/www.skincancer.org/
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