Ban on solariums in England would save hundreds of lives from skin cancer, study finds

New research has found that a ban on indoor tanning in England would save the NHS £700,000 and result in fewer cases of melanoma. Photograph: Alexander Pohl/REX/Shutterstock

Public health researchers who were instrumental in solariums being banned in Australia are now helping to fight for a ban in the UK to reduce the number of skin cancer cases.

Associate Prof Louisa Gordon, a health economist at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, influenced state, territory and federal governments in Australia to regulate and eventually ban tanning beds from 2016.