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. 2021 Dec 1;46(8):1579–1582. doi: 10.1111/ced.14774

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(a,b) Relationship between (a) the growth in state‐specific Google Trends search volume index (SVI) for the term ‘tanning bed’ by state and (b) the overall stringency of COVID‐19 restrictions by state, March–June 2020. SVIs ranged from 0 (no interest) to 100 for the chosen terms in the specified time period, and were acquired from Google Trends data on ‘tanning bed’ search frequency between 15 March 2020 and 1 June 2020. The growth rate between March 15 and June 1, 2020 was subsequently calculated for each state. The degree of COVID‐19 restrictions represents a mean of the Oxford COVID‐19 Government Response Tracker Stringency Index during this same time period. The stringency index provides a quantitative estimate (range 0–100, higher values indicate more stringency) of state restrictions classified by the number of containment and closure policies for each state.