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| Sunbed operators try to stop ban | Sunbed operators try to stop ban |
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| Sunbed parlours are to make a last attempt to head off a ban on the use of coin operated tanning machines by under-18s. | |
| They claim there is no evidence that the new law being considered by MSPs would make any difference to the incidence of skin cancer. | They claim there is no evidence that the new law being considered by MSPs would make any difference to the incidence of skin cancer. |
| Operators will give evidence to the health committee at Holyrood. | Operators will give evidence to the health committee at Holyrood. |
| They are expected to say that out of the 730 sunbed parlours in Scotland, only 32 use coin operated machines. | They are expected to say that out of the 730 sunbed parlours in Scotland, only 32 use coin operated machines. |
| They will also tell politicians that if they want to tackle the increasing incidence of the skin cancer melanoma they should implement the existing European guidelines and limit the emissions of sunbeds. | |
| The Sunbed Association will tell the committee there is no scientific evidence that 16 and 17-year-olds are at any greater risk than adults, and claim that banning them from coin operated machines would push them to tan outside. | |
| However, the British Medical Association said sunbed users were 2.5 times more likely to develop skin cancer and that it favoured a licensing system for suntan parlours. |