We’ve been fake bake rather than tanning booths ever since we were old enough to understand the risks associated with sunbeds.

We’ve also heard some horrible stories about young girls being burnt in a bid to look like their favourite sun roasted celeb. One example includes a 14 year old girl who received 70% burns in an unsupervised salon in Barry in February.

And of course there is the risk of cancer.

So we’re really pleased to hear that someone is actually doing something about this. According to the BBC, Cardiff North MP Julie Morgan has put down a Private Member’s Bill calling for all under 18s in Wales and England to be banned from using sunbeds. She’s also calling for sunbed use to be supervised.

The bill follows research last month, which found 250,000 11-to-17-year-olds in England were risking skin cancer by using sunbeds. A quarter of under-18s who used sunbeds also did so at least once a month.

A new law preventing under-18s from using has already come into force in Scotland recently and we really hope, we can follow suit.

And it looks like we may not have to keep our fingers crossed for too long. Julie Morgan told the BBC: “There’s a huge amount of support for it – we just need bit of luck and goodwill.”

Public Health Minister Gillian Merron also said the UK government “fully supports” Ms Morgan’s proposals and Cancer Research UK is also behind the campaign.

We don’t mean to get all preachy on you, but until then, we advise all of you to stick to the bottled tan. You’ll thank us in the long run.

Let us know about your sunbed use and what you think of these tanning machines by leaving your comments below.