Nicola Roberts backs proposed underage sunbed ban

Last year we told you about a proposed private members bill, which would ban under 18s in England and Wales from using sunbeds, and we’re pleased to see we’re not the only ones backing the cause.

Last night Girl’s Aloud member Nicola Roberts also put her weight behind the campaign being proposed by Cardiff North’s MP Julie Morgan.

Speaking about her personal experiences the pale red head admitting had felt pressured to have a tan when she was a youngster.

“I was once in a place where I did feel a pressure to have a tan – having a tan made me feel more attractive, it made me feel more accepted and as a young girl being very influenced by peers, by media, by everybody in society, that was just the way I felt… without having a tan I didn’t feel attractive, I just didn’t feel very good at all,” she said.

It is thought that 6 per cent of 11- to 17-year-olds in England have used sunbeds – usually coin-operated, unsupervised, and charging as little as 30p per minute. This figurerises to 20 per cent in Liverpool.