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 (Milt Savage/For The Washington Post) 
  
 Everyone knows, or should know, by now that tanning beds expose users to a lot of ultraviolet radiation, which can cause cancer. But according to a new study released Monday, indoor tanning also is responsible for an average of 3,234 injuries that result in visits to hospital emergency rooms each year. 
  
 That's nearly nine skin burns, fainting spells, eye injuries, lacerations, strains, sprains, bruises or dislocations every day that could have been avoided, since, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the practice also increases the risk of skin cancers, including melanoma. The CDC recommends against the use of tanning beds. 
  
 Gery P. Guy, a health economist who conducted the study for the CDC, said the true number of injuries is certainly greater. His data include only injuries treated in emergency rooms, but not those seen by private physicians, in urgent care facilities or treated at home. 
  
 Skin burns are the most common injury and women are more than four times as likely as men to get hurt, probably because they are, by far, the more common practitioners of "indoor tanning," according to the new research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Younger adults, aged 18-34, sustain well more than half the injuries, again because they are the most frequent users of tanning beds. One in three women between the ages of 16 and 25 uses a tanning bed at least once a year. 
  
 The acute injuries also increase the risk of long-term problems, Guy said. Skin burns raise the risk of later skin cancer, and eye burns increase the chances a person may develop ocular melanoma, he said. The study is the first to gather data on acute injuries from tanning on a national basis. 
  
 If there is ray of good news, it's that the number of injuries declined sharply during the period examined by the researchers, 2003 to 2012, probably because the overall use of tanning beds declined. More than 6,000 acute injuries were registered in 2003, a total that had dropped to 2,000 in 2012. 
  
 Guy said people are getting the message about the dangers of tanning beds and 11 states have banned indoor tanning by people under 18. ||||| A young woman is photographed in a tanning bed at at Millcreek Township, Pa. Use of tanning devices was linked with nearly 2,000 injuries treated at U.S. emergency departments in 2012, a new study says. (Photo: Rob Engelhardt for USA TODAY) 
  
 Enter an indoor tanning booth today and you may find yourself with skin cancer decades down the road. But some painful consequences could be immediate. 
  
 An estimated 1,957 indoor tanners landed in U.S. emergency rooms in 2012 after burning their skin or eyes, fainting or suffering other injuries, researchers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. 
  
 The good news is that such injuries fell from 6,487 in 2003, says a report published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The report is the first nationally representative look at immediate injuries related to indoor tanning, says CDC researcher Gery Guy. 
  
 "We've seen several studies showing indoor tanning increases the risk of skin cancer, both melanoma and non-melanoma," contributing to about 400,000 cancers a year in the United States, he says. "We're looking at more acute injuries." 
  
 Using data from 66 hospital emergency departments, the researchers estimated nationwide injury numbers for 2003-12. The fact that numbers fell over time might be explained by declining use of tanning beds, booths and lamps, Guy says. 
  
 A tanning industry spokesman says the numbers suggest indoor tanning is safe and getting safer. An estimated 1 million people use indoor tanning facilities each day, so the injury rates in the study are tiny, says John Overstreet, executive director of the Indoor Tanning Association. And the drop in injuries far exceeds any recent drop in customers, Overstreet says. 
  
 "These businesses take the welfare of the customers seriously," he says. "Injured customers are unhappy customers, and staff is trained to show the customer how to use the equipment properly and make sure people are not overexposed or sunburned." 
  
 Guy says the actual number of injuries is certainly higher because the study did not include injured people who did not go to emergency rooms. The prevalence of burns, he says, suggests users or salon personnel sometimes misuse timers required on the devices. For example, he says, some operators may allow light-skinned or new users to stay in longer than recommended by manufacturers. 
  
 The report says 5% of injuries occurred at home and 64% occurred in public places, including salons and gyms. The rest of the locations were unreported. 
  
 Nearly 80% of the injuries were skin burns, 6% were eye injuries and 9.5% involved people who got dizzy or passed out, probably from overheating, Guy says. The rest were cuts and other injuries. 
  
 Such skin burns, like outdoor sunburns, increase the risk of skin cancer, he says, while eye burns increase the risk of cataracts and eye melanoma. 
  
 A majority of the injured were young white women; about 13% were under age 18. Under new Food and Drug Administration rules, tanning devices will soon have to carry labels warning against use by people under 18. 
  
 The injury findings "are not surprising," says dermatologist Darrel Rigel, a clinical professor at New York University Medical Center in New York. 
  
 "The burns I've seen have been pretty intense, the kind that can leave a scar," he says. "It's a serious problem." 
  
 Tanners, he says, should see their habit like smoking — something that could hurt them every time they do it and could kill them later. 
  
 "The earlier you start, the worse it is," he says. "But, like with cigarette smoking, it always pays to stop." 
  
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1AA1scN ||||| Indoor tanning exposes users to intense UV radiation, which is a known carcinogen.1 However, little is known about the more immediate adverse outcomes of indoor tanning. To our knowledge, this study provides the first national estimates of indoor tanning–related injuries treated in US hospital emergency departments (EDs). 
  
 Article InformationCorresponding Author: Gery P. Guy Jr, PhD, MPH, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS-F76, Atlanta, GA 30341 (irm2@cdc.gov). 
  
 Published Online: December 15, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6697. 
  
 Author Contributions: Dr Guy and Mr Haileyesus had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. 
  
 Study concept and design: Guy, Watson, Annest. 
  
 Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors. 
  
 Drafting of the manuscript: Guy, Watson, Annest. 
  
 Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors. 
  
 Statistical analysis: Guy, Haileyesus, Annest. 
  
 Administrative, technical, or material support: Guy, Watson, Annest. 
  
 Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported. 
  
 Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
  
 Additional Contributions: Tom Schroeder, MS, and other staff of the Division of Hazard and Injury Data Systems, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, Maryland, collected the nonfatal injury data. They were not compensated for their contributions. |||||
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Skin burns, lacerations, and eye injuries so bad they result in trips to the ER: Such are the perils posed by indoor tanning beds, according to a new CDC study released yesterday. The findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, are described as "the first national estimates of indoor tanning–related injuries treated in US hospital emergency departments." That estimate places those ER-worthy injuries at an average of 3,234 per year. As the Washington Post puts it, "that's nearly nine skin burns, fainting spells, eye injuries, lacerations, strains, sprains, bruises, or dislocations every day that could have been avoided." And the true number is likely much higher, since the research excluded those injuries that were dealt with by private physicians, urgent care centers, or at home. Skin burns account for roughly 80% of the injuries; the majority of those who sustain any type of injury are women (82.2%) and between 18 and 34 (62.4%). The one encouraging figure: the injuries nosedived during the 2003-to-2012 period that was studied: from 6,487 at the start to 1,957 in 2012, reports USA Today. Researcher Gery P. Guy suspects the decline is tied to the declining use of tanning beds. Still, he notes these injuries could lead to bigger issues down the line, as skin and eye burns up the risk for skin cancer and eye melanoma, respectively. A tanning industry rep points out that 1 million people tan indoors daily, meaning the injury rate is incredibly tiny.