Dear 16-year-old Me

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This film was made possible thanks to the generosity of real Canadians and Americans whose lives have been touched by melanoma. These are not actors. We cannot thank this group enough for sharing their stories with us.

We'd also like to thank Freelance Whales, the New York-based group who've lent their song, Generator ^ First Floor, to our film. They're incredibly talented - we thank them for their support and encourage you to find out more about them at http://freelancewhales.com.

Over the past year, we've received messages from all around the world from people whose lives have been touched by this film. Thank you so much for reaching out to us, we're humbled by the support you've shown. We've also been flattered to see a number of other films "inspired by" Dear 16-year-old Me: this is fantastic! We would ask that, in the spirit of mutual support, filmmakers who've taken inspiration from this work acknowledge as much by providing a credit and a link back.

Thank you so much for watching & please pass this along.

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[indigobluejelly]

My husband died 3 months ago of Melenoma...Please listen....

[xxPanteraxxx]

Wow. This video left me with allot to think about...

[michelle kraemer]

I appreciate this ad and it's attempts....but I was diagnosed at 43 and am 48 now. it's scary. tanning beds did this to me for sure.

[candybabbe]

I'm 12 and have had severe sun burns... Urghh...:;

[oddnamera]

taught*

[nekoindi]

You would think that, wouldn't you? However, the truth is that yes, tanning beds are dangerous. The World Health Organization has issued a warning regarding tanning beds and skin cancer. Unfortunately, youtube won't let me put the link - Google "Skin Cancer Foundation" for more info.

[Jon Zak]

If it was dangerous, tanning beds wouldn't be a 5 billion dollars business.

[Minttu L]

im just going to share this and pretend i didnt cry oops

[mariapz101]

and that's why i never have and never will use a tanning bed

[Russell Higgins]

HEY!, Thats Steve Jobs, you're not allowed to make fun of him!

[Niall Drury]

Ok I'm 2months shy of 16 and I've done the sunbeds 4 times before I realized how dangerous they are, thats 22 minutes in 1 week, before I started I was generaly a pale guy that didn't get out to much and I'm not really that much tanner now, cancer doesn't run in my family as far as I can go back and I live in Ireland so we don't get to sunny of summer's, should I be worrying? I am really paranoid about the situation, if someone that has more knowledge about skin cancer could please reply, thanks