Sweden's condom cars make home deliveries
The Associated Press
May 29, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Feeling frisky, but forgot to get condoms?
If you're in Sweden, fret not. Protection is on its way.
Hoping to increase the awareness of contraception and stem the spread of sexually transmitted disease, the Swedish Organization for Sexual Education -- RFSU -- said Thursday it plans to deliver condoms by car in a hurry.
Using the name Cho-San Express, the organization will have four cars loaded with condoms patrolling the streets of the capital, Stockholm, along with a pair of vehicles each in Goteborg and Malmo, Sweden's second- and third-biggest cities.
For people in the mood but without any contraception, they can call the express and have a 10-pack of condoms delivered for the equivalent of $9 Cdn. Ten-packs sell for $9.42 Cdn at a state-owned pharmacy.
"With this campaign, we believe that the RFSU will reach young people with a humorous twinkle in their eye," said spokesman Carl Osvald. "It's our hope that the contraceptive will be perceived as a fun sex accessory and not just as a way to protect against infectious, sexually transmitted diseases."
The group is staging the campaign because of an increase of venereal diseases among young Swedes. Osvald said the number of Swedes who contracted chlamydia in 2003 stood at 26,802, a nine-per-cent increase over 2002. The biggest increase was in Stockholm.
About 17 million condoms were sold in Sweden last year.
The Associated Press
May 29, 2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Feeling frisky, but forgot to get condoms?
If you're in Sweden, fret not. Protection is on its way.
Hoping to increase the awareness of contraception and stem the spread of sexually transmitted disease, the Swedish Organization for Sexual Education -- RFSU -- said Thursday it plans to deliver condoms by car in a hurry.
Using the name Cho-San Express, the organization will have four cars loaded with condoms patrolling the streets of the capital, Stockholm, along with a pair of vehicles each in Goteborg and Malmo, Sweden's second- and third-biggest cities.
For people in the mood but without any contraception, they can call the express and have a 10-pack of condoms delivered for the equivalent of $9 Cdn. Ten-packs sell for $9.42 Cdn at a state-owned pharmacy.
"With this campaign, we believe that the RFSU will reach young people with a humorous twinkle in their eye," said spokesman Carl Osvald. "It's our hope that the contraceptive will be perceived as a fun sex accessory and not just as a way to protect against infectious, sexually transmitted diseases."
The group is staging the campaign because of an increase of venereal diseases among young Swedes. Osvald said the number of Swedes who contracted chlamydia in 2003 stood at 26,802, a nine-per-cent increase over 2002. The biggest increase was in Stockholm.
About 17 million condoms were sold in Sweden last year.
