Do not use clingfilm as condoms - Health experts tell teenagers
Main Category: Sexual Health / STDsArticle Date: 09 Feb 2004 - 0:00 PDT
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Many teenagers in the UK, in order to save money, are using clingfilm (and even packets of crisps) instead of condoms.
Experts are saying that there are two problems here. 1. They do not work. 2. They do not protect from sexually transmitted diseases.
The UK Family Planning Association says that the government should supply free condoms.
According to Peter Greenhouse (Milne Centre for Sexual Health, Bristol, UK), such practice is common in the poorer areas of the UK.
He would like to see condoms freely available at doctors' surgeries nationwide.
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