Cancer Society urges Alberta to proclaim indoor tanning ban law passed in 2015
EDMONTON — The Canadian Cancer Society is urging the Alberta government to finally enact legislation to ban young people from using indoor tanning beds.
The Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act was passed by the legislature in March 2015, but has not been put into force.
Evie Eshpeter, a society spokeswoman, said the two-year delay is putting young people at risk of developing skin cancer, including potentially deadly melanoma.
“We are asking them to enact the Skin Cancer Prevention Act without further delay,” Eshpeter said in an interview.