Safety Tips for Sun Protection

Cabana Life supports like-minded non-profit organizations such as The Skin Cancer Foundation, that share our mission of research, awareness, and prevention.

SUN SAFE TIPS FROM THE SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION

• Teach your children good sun protection habits at an early age: The damage that leads to adult skin cancer starts in childhood!
• Avoid unnecessary sun exposure, especially between 10 AM and 4 PM, the peak hours for harmful ultraviolet radiation.
• When outdoors, use sunscreens rated SPF 15 or higher. Apply them liberally, uniformly, and frequently.
• Wear sun protective clothing when exposed to sunlight. The average T-Shirt is equivalent to SPF 5.
• Stay away from artificial tanning devices.
• Do not sunbathe!
• Examine your skin head-to-toe at least once every three months.

FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

• Just two or three blistering sunburns during childhood can double the risk of skin cancer
• One in 5 Americans will contract skin cancer in the course of a lifetime
• More than a million people will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year
• Nationally, there are more new cases of skin cancer each year than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, and colon
• More than half of all new cancers are skin cancers
• One person dies every hour from skin cancer, primarily melanoma
• One in four persons who develop skin cancer is under the age of 40
• Melanoma kills more young women than any other cancer
• Utilizing proven cancer prevention and early detection techniques could eliminate at least 100,000 cancer cases and 60,000 cancer deaths in the U.S. each year
• More than 90 percent of all skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, yet fewer than 33 percent of adults, adolescents, and children routinely use sun protection