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Deseret News Share this story A man uses a tanning bed in this 2007 file photo. A newly published Brigham Young University study found that students there are largely ignoring winter’s skin cancer risks by hardly ever wearing sunscreen and increasing their tanning bed use when the weather turns cold. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News PROVO — A newly published Brigham Young University study found that students there are largely ignoring winter’s skin cancer risks by hardly ever wearing sunscreen and increasing their tanning bed use when the weather turns cold. Titled “Sunscreen and Tanni...

PROVO — A newly published Brigham Young University study found that students there are largely ignoring winter's skin cancer risks by hardly ever wearing sunscreen and increasing their tanning bed use when the weather turns cold. Titled "Sunscreen and Tanning Bed Use in High-Risk College-Age Students," the study published in the November-December edition of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association surveyed 673 BYU students on campus during different seasons in 2017. Just 9.5% overall reported using sunscreen, a number that dropped to 7.2% in the winter. More students — 12.6% ove...