New commercial solariums will be banned in Queensland from next year.
"Under new regulations, the possession, supply and use of new commercial solaria will be banned," Australian Health Minister Lawrence Springborg announced today.
Mr Springborg said people who used sunbeds and stand-up tanning machines before the age of 35 had a 75 per cent greater risk of melanoma.
He said the legislation was in step with community attitudes.
The ban, from January 1, will not apply to a solarium used exclusively by a health practitioner for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure, or privately-owned solariums for an individual's personal use.
