Media Advisory - The sun is back, but the real price of tanning is skin damage.

The Canadian Cancer Society warns again that the real price of tanning is permanent skin damage and possible skin cancer

MONTREAL, June 13, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Canada: around 30,000 new cases will be diagnosed in Quebec this year. Since 1990, the incidence of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, has more than doubled in Canada.

WHAT:	The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) will be at La Ronde this week to invite youths to have their photos taken with its mobile UV Photomaton (a special camera which reveals the real and permanent skin damage caused by UV rays). We will take this opportunity to convey to them the CCS's prevention messages related to tanning, UV rays, and skin cancer.
WHEN:	Friday, June 14, 2013
WHO:	The following people will be available for interviews from 10 a.m. to noon: Dr Michèle Ohayon, dermatologist Martine Provost and Sylvain Poissant, two people in their thirties with a melanoma Youths who will have their photos taken with the CCS's UV Photomaton A representative of the Canadian Cancer Society - Quebec Division
HOW:	Interviews and photo opportunities of the activity from 10 a.m. to noon
WHERE:	La Ronde entrance (paid parking available) 22, Chemin Macdonald Ile Sainte-Helene

 

SOURCE: CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, QUEBEC DIVISION

André Beaulieu, Senior Advisor, Public Relations
Canadian Cancer Society, Quebec Division
514 217-8327 or 514 393-3444, [email protected]