Gordon LG, Rodriguez-Acevedo AJ, Koster B, et al. - In order to calculate the long-term health and economic consequences of banning indoor tanning devices or prohibiting their use by minors only in North America and Europe compared with ongoing current levels of use, researchers performed a economic analysis to display data for individuals 12 to 35 years old in North America and Europe, who commonly engage in indoor tanning. This study applied a Markov cohort model with outcomes projected during the cohort’s remaining life-years. Main endpoints included numbers of melanomas and deaths from melanoma, numbers of keratinocyte carcinomas, life-years, and health care and productivity costs. They conducted extensive sensitivity analyses to evaluate the stability of results. The study found that banning indoor tanning may be correlated with lowered skin cancer burden and health care costs. In addition, corresponding gains from prohibiting indoor tanning by minors only may be smaller.