TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A: Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak focuses on skin cancer prevention, awareness: New guidelines call for year-round sun protection, end to tanning JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 11 LP - 11 VL - 44 IS - 8 AU - Lindsey Wahowiak Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/44/8/11.abstract N2 - As acting Surgeon General, Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, has made it his mission to educate the public about health risks. In July, Lushniak issued a “Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer.” While the summer was the perfect time to launch a skin cancer awareness campaign, Lushniak said it is important for all Americans to recognize that the risk for skin cancer affects them year-round. Lushniak will join former surgeons general for a discussion of the future of health in America at APHA’s 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in New Orleans. ER -