30 years of promoting sun safety in France:
The messages are heard but not followed!

T. Passeron, HW. Lim, CL. Goh, HY Kang, C. Ribeyre, AL. Demessant, C. Le Floc’h, D. Kerob, J. Krutmann, C. Comte, B. Dréno, MT. Leccia

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES

For over 30 years, [date of the creation of the association Sécurité Solaire], annual sun safety campaigns have been run by authorities and healthcare professionals, with dermatologists on the front line.
France is no stranger to the distribution of such messages or the involvement of all public health stakeholders. Yet in less than 30 years, the number of melanomas and carcinoma has increased fivefold.
In this investigation, we wanted to understand which public health messages are not always understood!