Netherlands to provide free sun cream to tackle record skin cancer levels

Sun cream dispensers will be made available this summer in schools and universities, at festivals, parks, sports venues and open public spaces across the country, according to the government.

 It said it wanted to enable everyone to have access to sun protection and not be inconvenienced by factors such as cost or inconvenience. 

 In a public health drive thought to be similar in scale only to – and in part inspired by – Australia’s decades long slip, slop, slap campaign, which encourages people to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat, Dutch authorities hope the campaign will turn the act of applying sun cream into an unquestioned habit. 

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