15 % of teenage girls in Iceland use tanning beds

A new survey by Gallup shows that 15% of teenage girls aged 12- 17 regularly use tanning beds, despite the fact that the legal age to use a tanning bed is 18. 

Tanning beds, once hugely popular in Iceland, seem to still retain considerable popularity. 

A typical tanning bed user, according to the survey, is a woman aged between 18- 24 with a high school education earning less than 250 thousand ISK a month. 

The survey was conducted for a new awareness campaign on the risks of damage cause by UV rays which lead to premature aging and can cause skin cancer.