Cancer Scare!

Facts to think about

Skin Cancer Facts

• More than a million people will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year
• One in 5 Americans will get skin cancer in the course of a lifetime
• More than half of all newly diagnosed cancers are skin cancers
• One person dies every hour from skin cancer, primarily melanoma
• Melanoma kills more young women than any other cancer
• Nationally, there are more new cases of skin cancer each year than the combined incidence of cancer of the breast, prostate, lung and colon.
• More than 90 percent of all skin cancers are caused by sun exposure, yet fewer than 33 percent of adults, adolescents, and children routinely use sun protection.
• The risk of developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, has more than doubled in the past decade.
• One in four person who develop skin cancer is under the age of 40

So think about the products we make that feature SPF!

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