Buller David B, Berteletti Julia, Heckman Carolyn, Schroth Kevin R J, Geller Alan C, Stapleton Jerod L, Adjei Irene, Mitarotondo Anna, Guild Samantha R, Gershenwald Jeffrey E, Dellavalle Robert, Pagoto Sherry
David B. Buller, Julia Berteletti, and Irene Adjei are with Klein Buendel Inc, Golden, CO. Carolyn Heckman and Anna Mitarotondo are with the Rutgers Cancer Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Kevin R. J. Schroth is with the School of Public Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Alan C. Geller is with the T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Jerod L. Stapleton is with the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Samantha R. Guild is with the AIM at Melanoma Foundation, Frisco, TX. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald is with the M D Andersen Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston. Robert Dellavalle is with the Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Sherry Pagoto is with the Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Am J Public Health. 2025 Feb;115(2):191-200. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307894. Epub 2024 Nov 21.
To describe progression, content, and stringency of state legislation regulating indoor tanning and association with state government political party leadership. Trained research assistants used legal mapping methods to code legislative bills on indoor tanning introduced in US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. We calculated composite scores on the stringency of age restrictions and of warnings, operator requirements, and enforcement. We evaluated associations of the political party of the legislative sponsor and legislature majority. Between 1992 and 2023, 184 bills were introduced in 49 of 50 states and DC (56 laws were enacted, and 126 bills failed). An under-18 ban was enacted in 22 states and DC. Party affiliation of the bill sponsor and legislature majority combined to affect bill passage and age restrictions. In many states, it took several years and proposed bills before a law on indoor tanning was enacted. Enacted bills were more stringent than failed bills. Increasing support for stringent regulations on indoor tanning is evident and may motivate other states or the federal government to prohibit minors from using indoor tanning facilities. (. 2025;115(2):191-200. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307894).
描述各州规范室内美黑的立法进展、内容和严格程度,以及与州政府政党领导的关联。训练有素的研究助理采用法律绘图方法,对美国各州、哥伦比亚特区和波多黎各提出的有关室内美黑的立法法案进行编码。我们计算了年龄限制、警告、经营者要求和执法严格程度的综合得分。我们评估了立法提案发起人的政党与立法机构多数党的关联。1992年至2023年期间,50个州中的49个州和哥伦比亚特区共提出了184项法案(56项法律得以颁布,126项法案未通过)。22个州和哥伦比亚特区颁布了18岁以下禁止令。法案发起人的党派归属与立法机构多数党共同影响法案的通过和年龄限制。在许多州,在颁布一项关于室内美黑的法律之前,需要数年时间并提出多项法案。已颁布的法案比未通过的法案更为严格。对室内美黑严格监管支持度的增加显而易见,这可能促使其他州或联邦政府禁止未成年人使用室内美黑设施。(. 2025;115(2):191 - 200. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307894)