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« on: September 22, 2007, 12:52:13 PM »
I thought I would tell this story due to it being a mixture of inspiration, sadness and politics.

It is about an australian girl, Clare Oliver, who continually used solarium beds to establish a tan. As Australia is a very outdoors type of country, many people feel it is important to have a tanned complexion. This can be achieved either by sunbaking or solarium.

To get to the gist of the story, Clare developed a melonoma from the solarium's, which was deemed cancerous(skin cancer) and she was told she did not have long to live. Unfortunately this is a very common situation in Australia. Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world (due to the harsh UV's rays of the sun)and my state Queensland, has the highest rate in Australia.

As Clare got sicker and sicker and death came closer, she used all her available time left, to actively campaign for a state/national regulation of solarium beds. There is currently no regulation, no age restrcition etc. Clare dedicated herself to try and change this. She lobbied politicians, created an important media campaign to back her. And she did all this literally from her death bed. She was in hospital(the cancer institute) while she did all this, but managed to accomplish it anyway.

Unfortunately she passed away last week. However, her dying wish and active campaign did not, and a regulation of the solarium industry will go ahead.

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VICTORIA'S solarium industry will be regulated by the end of the year after melanoma victim Clare Oliver went public about the dangers of tanning.

And the 26-year-old's legacy is set to reverberate across the country, with Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott considering national legislation.

The Clare Oliver Melanoma Fund has also been established to fund research into skin cancer.



New laws in Victoria will include:

- Making it illegal for anyone under 16 to use a solarium

- Mandatory health warnings for users of solariums

- Licensing of solarium operators, with third-party audits to ensure compliance

- Ensuring anyone between 16 and 18 can use solariums only with informed parental consent.

Ms Oliver lost her battle with cancer on September 13.

"Melanoma awareness is the legacy Clare wanted to leave behind," Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre associate professor Grant McArthur said.

A recent survey shows one in three adolescents will still burn for a tan.


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,%2022464296-2862,00.html
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2007, 01:22:00 PM »
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It is shocking to learn this. No offense, but it's so... backwards... here we have similar laws since about 10 years ago. And here there's less clear skin people, it's a Mediterranean country after all... but are equally suncrazed, with the addition that a "sky tan" in winter is also highly demanded; that boosed solarium business. Solariums flourished years ago and legislation followed them three or four years later after pressure from medical organisations (aesthetic clinics included, as they used to be the only ones having UV beds and weren't happy about the proliferation) and also consumer associations who were woried about melanoma. All in all solariums encountered a certain melanoma awareness and the law was quick to follow the boom of solariums. That set a precedent, as laws about tattoos also came in quickly after tattoo fever began (quick for legislative standards, three or four years).
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2007, 01:23:26 PM »
I don't mean to be callous, but this is very low on my priority list. At first glance I was against this kind of regulation, but I can see value in restricting minors access to tanning beds, much in the same way as I see value in restricting minors access to alcohol and tobacco.

IMO, it's a classic example of vanity gone wildly out of control. The program is a good idea based on the fact that it does include warnings to people. She did bring this on herself, but I admire her for trying to help other people avoid her mistakes.
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2007, 11:20:44 AM »
I thought it was common knowledge that tanning beds cause skin cancer. But yes I believe there should be some sort of consent/waiver form for people who want to participate anyways. And I agree its all vanity. The only reason I could see why someone may use a tanning bed is if they plan on spending alot of time outdoors when they usually do not. Like spending 2 weeks in Hawaii and you don't want to spend your first week suffering from sunburn.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2007, 03:35:24 PM »
Quote from: Jericoacoara on September 22, 2007, 12:52:13 PM
I thought I would tell this story due to it being a mixture of inspiration, sadness and politics.

It is about an australian girl, Clare Oliver, who continually used solarium beds to establish a tan. As Australia is a very outdoors type of country, many people feel it is important to have a tanned complexion. This can be achieved either by sunbaking or solarium.

To get to the gist of the story, Clare developed a melonoma from the solarium's, which was deemed cancerous(skin cancer) and she was told she did not have long to live. Unfortunately this is a very common situation in Australia. Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world (due to the harsh UV's rays of the sun)and my state Queensland, has the highest rate in Australia.

As Clare got sicker and sicker and death came closer, she used all her available time left, to actively campaign for a state/national regulation of solarium beds. There is currently no regulation, no age restrcition etc. Clare dedicated herself to try and change this. She lobbied politicians, created an important media campaign to back her. And she did all this literally from her death bed. She was in hospital(the cancer institute) while she did all this, but managed to accomplish it anyway.

Unfortunately she passed away last week. However, her dying wish and active campaign did not, and a regulation of the solarium industry will go ahead.

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VICTORIA'S solarium industry will be regulated by the end of the year after melanoma victim Clare Oliver went public about the dangers of tanning.

And the 26-year-old's legacy is set to reverberate across the country, with Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott considering national legislation.

The Clare Oliver Melanoma Fund has also been established to fund research into skin cancer.



New laws in Victoria will include:

- Making it illegal for anyone under 16 to use a solarium

- Mandatory health warnings for users of solariums

- Licensing of solarium operators, with third-party audits to ensure compliance

- Ensuring anyone between 16 and 18 can use solariums only with informed parental consent.

Ms Oliver lost her battle with cancer on September 13.

"Melanoma awareness is the legacy Clare wanted to leave behind," Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre associate professor Grant McArthur said.

A recent survey shows one in three adolescents will still burn for a tan.


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,%2022464296-2862,00.html

So very sad..but what amazing bravery. Imagine how many people she has saved.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2007, 09:28:50 PM »
Lucky for me I don't ever need to use a tanning bed. Sad story though.
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2007, 01:04:52 PM »
I don't underestand, with all the sun Australians have, why they even need solariums.
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