Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has withdrawn a proposal to ban teens from using tanning beds as skin experts warn of the cancer risks associated with the beds’ ultraviolet light. Using tanning beds can triple a person’s risk of melanoma, a skin cancer often linked to sun exposure, according to experts . It also matters when sun damage happens. Those who first use a tanning bed before age 35 years increase their risk for melanoma by 75 percent, the Skin Cancer Foundation has noted. Despite these worrying statistics, Kennedy decided in March to withdraw a rule first proposed by the Food and Drug Administration in 2015 that would have banned minors from using tanning beds. “This is an age group that has a very hard time assessing risk. At that age, they don’t view carcinogens as a real threat,” Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, chair of dermatology and co-director of the Skin Cancer Institute at the University of Arizona, told the Los Angeles Times .…