Cost‐effectiveness of a policy‐based intervention to reduce melanoma and other skin cancers associated with indoor tanning

The use of indoor tanning devices causes melanoma and other skin cancers with resulting morbidity, mortality and increased healthcare costs. Policy‐makers require robust economic evidence to inform decisions about a possible ban of such devices to mitigate these burdens. To assess the health costs and consequences of introducing a policy‐based intervention across England to ban commercial indoor tanning with an accompanying public information campaign. A cost‐effectiveness analysis, adopting a healthcare system perspective, was conducted using a decision‐model to track a national cohort of 18‐year‐olds over a lifetime time horizon. A nationwide ban on commercial indoor tanning combined with a public information campaign...