In recent decades there has been a worrying increase in the number of cases of skin cancer among people under 40 in the United States, according to a study published today which also attributes the problem, in part, to the use of sunbeds.

Researchers studied the statistical data regarding patients aged between 18 and 39 years old who were diagnosed with melanoma for the first time between 1970 and 2009.

They found that during the period in question, cases of this type of cancer among young women had increased eightfold and fourfold among men.

Will the Commission say whether any similar statistical studies exist in EU countries and whether studies are being funded for combating skin cancer in Europe?