VICTORIA could become a magnet for sunbed slaves after two states committed to a total ban on solariums within two years.

Cancer campaigners are urging the State Government to follow the lead of NSW and South Australia or risk becoming a dumping ground for solariums.

"Switching off sunbeds should be a priority - they are dangerous, unnecessary, outdated and irrefutably linked to cancer,'' Cancer Council Victoria's SunSmart manager Jen Makin said.

She said solarium tourism was a real risk if other states continue take the lead by outlawing solariums.

Research has shown that the risk of melanoma increases by 87 per cent of people are exposed to sunbeds before the age of 35.

A total of 161 dermatologists, cancer specialists and clinicians from the Victorian Co-operative Oncology Group (VCOG) and the Cancer Council are calling on the State Government to ban solariums.

One in six melanomas in Australians aged 18-29 could be prevented if solariums were banned.

Comment from the Victorian State Government is being sought.

Originally published as Victoria urged to ban solariums