It's National Skin Cancer Action Week there, yet teens in Victoria have the highest rate of sunburn. A new survey, commissioned by the Cancer Council shows teens spend almost two hours in the sun during peak UV times.
When we remember that the risk assessment portion of the human brain is still developing up to about age 22 in females and 28 or so for males it's makes a little more sense. Efforts will need to be linked more to social status and less to risk to have an impact with young adults.
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