Extra policing of sunbed regulations pledged under skin cancer plan (Ireland)

Source: The Irish Time, June 2019

A new Government policy which will consider the prohibition of sunbeds for all age groups is to be published by Minister for Health Simon Harris on Monday.

The new policy on skin cancer is due to commit to a number of actions including increasing awareness of the risk of sunbed use, increasing enforcement of current sunbed regulations and identify other emerging artificial sources of artificial UV.

It will also commit to examining the elimination of sunbeds and exploring fiscal measures in support of skin cancer prevention behaviors.

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