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─ Area: AIDS-HIV - R ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Msg#: 499 Date: 01-08-93 04:43
From: Billi Goldberg Read: Yes Replied: No
To: All Mark:
Subj: (3) CDC SUMMARY 1/6/93
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-=> Quoting Billi Goldberg to All <=-
BG> "Condoms for Everyone? Hardly" Chicago Tribune (01/05/93), P. 2-1
BG> (Precker, Michael)
BG> Despite increased AIDS awareness and greater availability of
BG> condoms, the U.S. condom industry is not growing significantly.
BG> Sharon Sullivan, sales administration manager for Ansell, which makes
BG> the Lifestyles condom, said, "The market as a whole seems to be
BG> pretty static. Our sales are growing, but it's chipping away at
BG> other brands." She added that, "A lot of people still have the
BG> mentality that 'nothing can happen to me.'" Condom industry
BG> officials state that condom use escalated in the mid- and late 1980s,
BG> but leveled off. Today it is difficult to assemble a solid set of
BG> sales figures because of free condom distribution programs,
BG> mail-order sales, vending machines, sexual paraphernalia shops, and
BG> other unconventional retailers, including discount sales.
BG> Information Resources Inc., a Chicago market research company, found
BG> that overall condom sales increased 5 percent in 1992, after rising 9
BG> percent in 1991. However, A.C. Neilsen Co., which also tracks the
BG> industry, said that the increase was one percent in 1992, after a 4
BG> percent decrease in 1991. Both research companies used only
BG> store-bought condom data. As the figures differ, so do
BG> interpretations of what they may indicate. Jane Johnson, vice
BG> president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said that
BG> although there is more AIDS awareness there really hasn't been a
BG> significant change in people's sexual behavior. She cites teenage
BG> pregnancy rates, steady increases in sexually transmitted diseases
BG> among teens and HIV infections among heterosexuals, plus a survey
BG> showing that millions of people still partake in unprotected sex.
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