Current restrictions are 'ineffective' and have had 'little effect' on tanning bed use by young people, the boffins added as shocking data showed 28% of the public use sunbeds View 3 Images Sunbeds cause cancer (stock) (Image: Getty Images)

Leading medics have called for an outright ban on sunbeds in the UK, warning that the tanning devices cause cancer. Experts say tanning facilities are linked to areas where there are higher rates of melanoma among young adults, particularly women. ‌

Current regulations are "ineffective" and have had "little effect" on tanning bed use by young people, they added. A new analysis piece, published in The BMJ, concludes that an outright ban is "likely to be cost effective for the NHS". ‌

Professor Paul Lorigan, a melanoma expert at The C

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