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Available soon: The official condom of NYC
Whether cola or condoms, 'brands work,' health chief says
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A basket of condoms is displayed at the Gay Men's Health Crisis center in New York.?art of the city's strategy for reducing AIDS transmission is the aggressive promotion of free condoms with new New York City branding.
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 NEW YORK - Arriving soon from City Hall: an official New York condom in a jazzy wrapper, perhaps one printed with a colorful subway map or some other city theme. New York City hands out 1.5 million free condoms a month in ordinary wrappers, and health officials figure people would be more likely to actually use them if the packaging were more distinctive. "Brands work, and people use branded items more than they use non-branded items, whether it's a cola or a medicine, even," Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said. The health department, which uses the condom program to fight AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, said it still considering package designs. Among the possibilities: a subway theme, with the various lines shown in different colors. The 18 million free condoms each year go to hundreds of organizations, which distribute them at health clinics and advocacy groups, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, nail salons and prisons. By comparison, the Los Angeles County health department gives out just over a million condoms per year. New York buys the condoms for 4 cents each, or $720,000 annually, health officials said. | Click for related content |
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