Researchers have determined that people may continue to expose themselves to the ultraviolet rays of the sun and tanning booths because they are addicted.

After conducting a study in August based on criteria that tests alcohol and drug dependency, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers contend that the addictive nature of tanning and its relaxing effects may be the reason the dangers of UV ray exposure are ignored.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary environmental factor in developing skin cancer is overexposure to UV rays, which can cause damage to normal skin cells or uncontrollable division to dormant pre-cancerous cells.

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