One in three don't bother with skin protection

[AB Asks]

One in three people do not bother protecting their skin from the sun a study has shown. Tens of thousands of cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year yet this does not put others off risking themselves to what can be a fatal disease. What do you think? Why aren't we wising up and protecting ourselves?

[Nathan_Adler]

One in eight adults smoke.

Same thing methinks.

[OBonio]

Out of a population of 6.7 billion.. and with the maximum that '10s of thousands' can mean, gives us a 0.00149% chance. According to some private health company advert, 1 in 3 of us will get cancer anyway... Hmmm.... Oh well, we'll all cark it in the end.

[whiffey]

If you are stupid enough to sit out in the hot afternoon sun without protection then you deserve what you get. Mind you, I do like those appealing white lines where the bra strap got in the way of the sunbed.

Malignant Melanoma is big big bad news, it's not like a dose of flu, it's a remorseless killer.

[B00]

Why the heck is suncream so expensive? I bought sunblock for Mini Boo last week which cost me �11.00! Surely this price is out of reach for anyone who's strapped for cash.

[Doc Spock]

Sun in Britain ???? are you taking the pi55???

[kwicky]

It's a fact that the human race began life in Africa and spread outwards from there. If our distant ancestors were born with dark skin and the planet is getting hotter can we assume that our distant offspring will also be born with darker skin to cope?

[whiffey]

How is it a fact that human life began in Africa ? Where did you get that one from ?

[netibiza]

I have lived here in Spain for 36yrs and have very rarely put on sun protection cream, one just doesn't think about it when going about normal life. Luckily I know of no one who has skin cancer, BUT this doesn't mean to say that you should be careless. And do remember that even on a cloudy day, the rays are still hitting you!!

[dot.hawkes]

well i use factor 30 as does my daughter, my son uses factor 20 and his GF uses factor 30 same as us, that is not 1 in three not using it, that is 4 in 4 using it, what statistics have you spotted now whilst you gazed through the ab window?