According to a latest research, indoor tanning bed could possibly become an addiction with people who use it on a continual basis. This further aggravates the levels of anxiety and substance use.

Study co-author, Catherine E. Mosher, a postdoctoral research fellow in Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City said that if some people find tanning is a way they can deal with their emotions, then surely there are better and healthier means of dealing with disturbed emotions than going to tanning salons.

Mosher said that skin cancer is the most widespread melanoma, which is responsible for almost half of all human cancers, and about 90% of all skin cancers are caused by ultraviolet radiation. The malady can prove to be damaging and at times deadly.

The concern related to risks of indoor tanning has attracted attention of numerous U. S. health advisors in March who suggested a potential ban or as a minimum there should be stronger label cautions regarding the utilization of tanning beds by people who are under the age of 18.