Health
DANGER! SUN OVERHEAD!
By Hollie Faye
D
o you remember the Sun Smart campaign “SLIP, SLOP, SLAP.”? Were you from the Sun Smart campaign era “No Hat No Play”? Or was there no awareness around sun exposure in your early years to educate the dangers of sun exposure. In 1981, when the SLIP SLOP SLAP campaign was released, we saw Sid the Seagull dance along to this jingle, with a lisp, on the television. The ad was one the most successful health
campaigns in Australia. The campaign saw a reduction in the two most common causes of Skin Cancer, Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). However, the incidence of Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, had increased. Today, although Australians behaviours towards prevention of Skin Cancer has improved, Skin Cancer remains the most diagnosed cancer in Australia with Melanoma sitting at our 3rd most fatal cancer. www.paintersdomain.com.au 33
