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Monday, 10 September, 2012

Jura ban on tanning salons for youth applauded

Canton Jura has become one of the first cantons to ban minors from self-service solar tanning shops. Jura’s Parliament supported the change in law by a margin of 48 to 1. The aim—to reduce skin cancer risks in teens under 18. In most cantons minors remain free to use these facilities unsupervised. WRS’s Pete Forster called Dr. Michelle Wright of our health programme Health Matters  to find out her thoughts on the ban:

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