SATURDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- American teens are getting slightly better at using sunscreen but have failed to adopt other sun-protection habits and continue to get too many sunburns, according to research from the American Cancer Society.

Most teens still think a tan reflects good looks and good health, the survey found. The findings were published in the September issue of Pediatrics.

Researchers compared nationally representative polls of U.S. youngsters, aged 11 to 18, conducted in 1998 and 2004.

In 2004, 69 percent of the respondents reported having been sunburned during the summer, compared with 72 percent in 1998. There was a significant decrease between 1998 and 2004 in the percentage of younger teens (aged 11 to 15) who reported sunburns and a non-significant increase among those aged 16 to 18.

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