Craig A. Sinclair is with the Prevention Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia. Jennifer K. Makin is with the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria. Anita Tang, Irena Brozek, and Vanessa Rock are with the Health Strategies Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Woolloomooloo, Australia.
Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb;104(2):e7-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301703. Epub 2013 Dec 12.
Although many countries still face opposition to the legislation of artificial tanning beds, all Australian states and territories have announced a total ban on commercial tanning beds. A combination of epidemiological and policy-centered research, powerful personal stories, and the active advocacy of prominent academics, cancer organizations, and grassroots community campaigners contributed to the decisions to first legislate standards and then ban all commercial tanning beds. We have illustrated that incremental change can be an effective pathway to securing substantial public health reforms.
尽管许多国家仍然反对立法设立人工晒黑床,但澳大利亚所有州和地区都已宣布全面禁止商业晒黑床。流行病学和以政策为中心的研究、有力的个人故事,以及知名学者、癌症组织和基层社区活动家的积极倡导,促成了首先立法制定标准,然后全面禁止所有商业晒黑床的决定。我们已经表明,渐进式变革可以成为确保重大公共卫生改革的有效途径。