OBJECTIVE: To assess indoor tanning facility practices in a sample of facilities in 116 cities representing all 50 states. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Employees of 3647 indoor tanning facilities were contacted by telephone. Data collectors (ie, confederates) posed as prospective, fair-skinned, 15-year-old female customers who had never tanned before. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Confederates asked respondents about their facility's practices related to parental consent, parental accompaniment, and allowable tanning session frequency. RESULTS: Approximately 87% of the facilities required parental consent, 14% required parental accompaniment, 5% said they would not allow the confederate to tan owing to her age, and 71% would allow tanning every day the first week of indoor tanning. In Wisconsin, which bans indoor tanning among those younger than 16 years, 70% of facilities would not allow the confederate to tan. Multivariate analyses indicated that facilities in states with a youth access law were significantly more likely to require parental consent (P <.001) and parental accompaniment (P <.001) than those in states without a youth access law. Law was not significantly related to allowable tanning frequency (P = .81). Conclusion We recommend that additional states pass youth access legislation, preferably in the form of bans.
OBJECTIVE: To assess indoor tanning facility practices in a sample of facilities in 116 cities representing all 50 states. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Employees of 3647 indoor tanning facilities were contacted by telephone. Data collectors (ie, confederates) posed as prospective, fair-skinned, 15-year-old female customers who had never tanned before. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Confederates asked respondents about their facility's practices related to parental consent, parental accompaniment, and allowable tanning session frequency. RESULTS: Approximately 87% of the facilities required parental consent, 14% required parental accompaniment, 5% said they would not allow the confederate to tan owing to her age, and 71% would allow tanning every day the first week of indoor tanning. In Wisconsin, which bans indoor tanning among those younger than 16 years, 70% of facilities would not allow the confederate to tan. Multivariate analyses indicated that facilities in states with a youth access law were significantly more likely to require parental consent (P <.001) and parental accompaniment (P <.001) than those in states without a youth access law. Law was not significantly related to allowable tanning frequency (P = .81). Conclusion We recommend that additional states pass youth access legislation, preferably in the form of bans.
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