European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Greater willingness to use condoms by Janet d Agostino. Medical writer and Charlie Dowden Munich bureaus he belief Hal wearing a condom 19 iik6 wealing a Raincoat in the Shower used to keep Many men and women Horn relying on prophylactics As a routine item o birth control or Way to prevent disease. But that was Belvue the deadly Specter of aids started scaring people away from the casual sex or Theon a rent stands that became common in the 70s and Early bos. Altitudes arc changing condoms Are increasingly accepted by single people As a Protection against always latal aids and a cd Ugloi of other sexually transmitted diseases they Are Selling bet Ler Shan Ever before. Purchases of condoms at cafes jumped nearly 30 percent in 1987, contrasting a sates slump of several years Witti annual declines As recent As 1985 in 1986. Cafes in Europe sold $21.000 Worth of condoms a month and in 9b7salos averaged $27,500 a month aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by a virus and spread through Intima be sexual con act and Nood to blood Contact such As the sharing of dirty syringes Dunn illegal drug use. There is no cure or vaccine the promotion of to condom s advantages is nothing now to Lac military condom use has been encouraged As a Polec lion against venereal disease Tor years. Bui it is a Jain hot the Icar of ads has caused soldiers airmen and Sailor a lir Ilon More closely in health classes. Such As the processing class Given weekly by Karolyn Connell. A Community health nurse at the Frankfurt army regional medical Center , speaking la soldiers at Ino Abrams Complex Leconlia. Discussed the lop 10 sexually transmitted diseases headed by aids and concluded with ways to prevent to two Short of abstinence and monogamy condoms Are the Best Barrier against aids and the other serially to unsuited diseases such As syphilis Gonc Nivea he Pes and chlamydia she said you need w know How to use condoms co really arid worry in need to know How to use them also Connell said blowing up a condom to grab the Alt nation of her audience and Illus Rale her Point. Pul them on More you have any Schual Contact whatsoever. This condom has a Regor air so the semen does t Back up and teak out " she recommended using an american Orand of Latex condoms tic Causo they give a boiler to and Are Salcur. Membrane condoms which Cost More May allow viral particles to seep through according to some lest results. A new Type of condom on the Market usos a spa Nuckle that Rtse Ajche a believe May Juri Kcf help in preventing transmission of aids Somo tests show that an in the sperm Eide kills the aids virus Toboul two thuds of the Lime. Cafes 15 different kinds of Conr Toms in ils exchanges and food Rands prices Fange irom Aroi ind $2 lot a pack it 12 regular late non lubricated condom around it 0 Tor a pack of 2 natural Lamb skin lube used condoms Trojan is the lop Selling Brand of condoms an Exchange official said Exchange officials had Consi died Puheng vending machines into Public Baler orjans in some locations bul that idea was dropped condoms cannot be purchased in army an Force or Navy commissaries because they arc not authorized Lor Sale by the Soupart Mcnol of Difonso. Dod directives specify which items can be sold in commissaries said Donise Gomes Public Falars Otlmor to a u s army troop support Agency european command Region. Intro Emsing Cleat Karolyn Cornell of Frankfurt Amy fee Glott medical Conler illustrates a Point about Eon dont. Pago 1b the stars and stripes Connel told the soldiers not to use any Petroleum products Euclid As Petroleum Jelly with Condonis and not to leave Ihm a your Back pocket Tor very Long because they can become Brielle and May break easier during use pm. T Richard Hanson. In of the 317th engr in at Franf Jurt s Esch Borri Cavern said Tea had heard of most of the sexually transmitted diseases Connell mentioned. Me said to believed that condoms were the Rosl practical Way of preventing the diseases and that two men were using them because of aids a Corporal in Connell s class agreed that using condoms was a Good Way Lor single people who arc not in a Mono Gumc it relationship to protect themselves against disease but sad to had been using condoms Belore aids was prevalent condoms Are available free to san n some Irmo on army commanders can Purchase them with their own funds through the medical Supply system or through la i local medical activity to Mako them available re you a a in a relationship said the woman who is a medic. You can never be sure if someone has a disease and ii takes awhile before you can Trust your partner " some journals estimate thai up to Hall of All condom purchases were by women. The Resumil has been a rethinking of condom displays and advertising strategies. No Longou Are condoms hidden behind drugs Loie re Winters. But now Irequi Cutty displayed openly and often in women s Hernine department of stores and military exchanges a i or women s magazines now run condom ,emen5 aimed at the female consumer. The sudden increase in sales of condoms caught Many Matulac tuners olt guard and for a time last year they wore unable to Mel Industry demands. This was compounded when some companies had Quality conf Al problems and Gol behind in shipments. At one Point. Tho Fra ordered a Recal and required that some manufacturing techniques to changed. Shipments to cafes Europe exchanges were not involved in the recall hut officials said shortages of some brands did hit overseas exchanges
