Here’s something to wrap your head around (or wrap around your head). The City of New York now has it’s own official condom.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the New York City Health Department unveiled it, making the Big Apple first in the nation with an official brand. Best of all, it’s free.
“Condoms can prevent HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies,” said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City’s Health Commissioner. “Abstinence is failsafe, and reducing the number of sexual partners reduces risk of infections. But for sexually active people, using a condom is key to staying healthy.”
Through an Internet-based ordering system, the Health Department has recently boosted the distribution of free condoms from 2.5 million per year to some 18 million per year. The new branding effort will further increase the number. That’s a whole lotta fu…uh…usage.
To find out where to get a free NYC Condom, or to place a bulk order, call 311 or visit www.nyccondom.org
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If you turn the condom wrapper around it reads:
“Product of Malaysia”
Hope the campaign does encourage condom and I’m not sure that there are any local (NYC) condom making facilities but funny that something launched with all these claims of NYC cred is still from Malaysia.
Well, it is hard to get good rubber in New York. LOL
I wonder what city will follow NYC? You have got to admit, its a great campaign to draw attention to safe sex for the sexually active.
Its great to see NYC is a trend setter in this regard. Though, I’m not sure I’d wanna use a Malaysian condom.
Would it be big enough? ;)