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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Skin cancer warning as one in nine Britons admit to deliberately burning themselves to tan

One in nine UK adults have admitted to deliberately burning their skin in hopes of getting a tan.

About 14 per cent of adults have either used sunbeds or sunbathed to deliberately burn their skin, according to a survey of more than 3,000 Britons for the charity Melanoma Focus.

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