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German sunbed ban for under-18s

20/01/2012 09:02:00
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Germany’s highest court ruled yesterday that minors should be banned from visiting tanning studios due to health concerns, upholding a law that caused controversy in one of Europe’s top sunbed markets.
The German government adopted the law in 2009 after a study showing that people under the age of 30 had 75 percent more chances of contracting skin cancer from regular sunbed use than older people.
The Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint brought by tanning studio operators, judging that the ban was justified on public health grounds and the an appeal from a 17-year-old girl who said her human rights were affected by the ban.
Germany tops the artificial tanning market, with 3,500 studios and 50,000 tanning cabins.

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