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A Scottish-based tanning salon chain made "irresponsible" claims that sunbed use reduced cancer and heart disease deaths, the advertising watchdog has said.

The Skin Cancer Foundation says BCC most commonly occurs when extended exposure to ultraviolet radiation, from the sun or tanning beds, causes DNA damage and uncontrollable growth of basal cells.

Dr Lacy stresses there is no such thing as a "safe tan", explaining that tanning is a response to skin damage.

“It was super eerie, you were outside tanning in the sun and next thing you knew you could see your breath,” Bugbee, a Sacramento resident, said.

Trading Standards has issued a warning about nasal tanning sprays and the potential health problems they could cause people who have used them.