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SUN WORSHIPPERS are putting their health at risk by deliberately setting out to burn their skin in order to get a tan, according to a leading health charity.
Despite skin cancer being on the rise, a new survey from Macmillan Cancer Support revealed that 40 per cent of people were prepared to burn their skin in the sun on purpose to ?deepen? a tan.
The UK-wide poll surveyed 1,000 men and women and reveals a quarter (25 per cent) felt that burning was the only way they could get a tan, rising to 46 per cent of respondents in the North and Scotland. Yet more than 90 per cent were aware sunburn can cause skin cancer.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...lives-with-burning-desire-for-a-tan-1-5793260
Despite skin cancer being on the rise, a new survey from Macmillan Cancer Support revealed that 40 per cent of people were prepared to burn their skin in the sun on purpose to ?deepen? a tan.
The UK-wide poll surveyed 1,000 men and women and reveals a quarter (25 per cent) felt that burning was the only way they could get a tan, rising to 46 per cent of respondents in the North and Scotland. Yet more than 90 per cent were aware sunburn can cause skin cancer.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...lives-with-burning-desire-for-a-tan-1-5793260