Indoor tanning is associated with substance use behaviors among adolescents
Indoor tanning among adolescents is associated with increased odds of engaging in substance use behaviors, including e-cigarette use. Health interventions for adolescents may benefit from addressing multiple health risk behaviors concurrently and targeting adolescents most in need for health interventions. Future work to better understand the common mechanisms underlying co-occurring health risk behaviors could inform development of such interventions.
Authors
- Chelsey R. Schlechter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-6316)
- Ben J. Brintz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-0290)
- Nathan Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8774-701X)
- Yelena P. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1571-6154)
- Suzanne Fastner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5371-5985)
- Xuechen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-7821)
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23630-2
- Primary Topic
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Utah Department of Health
- University of Utah
- Huntsman Cancer Foundation
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute