Teenagers strip off for condoms campaign

Telegraph | News | Teenagers strip off for condoms campaign

Hard-hitting images of young adults going "on the
pull" will feature in a £4 million government campaign to stem rising
rates of sexually transmitted infections.

A television advert showing teenagers undressing each other, while
wearing jewellery and underwear displaying slogans such as "I've got
gonorrhoea", is designed to encourage condom use among 18- to
24-year-olds.

Caroline Flint, the health minister, said: "Some STIs, like chlamydia,
are on the increase. This campaign is not about encouraging promiscuity
but about saying to those who are already sexually active, 'Sex without a
condom is seriously risky'."

However, she hinted that the Government might go back on an earlier pledge to
spend £50 million over three years on campaigns to combat STIs. She
said: "Like other parts of the health service we are having to look at
how we spend our money."

Deborah Jack, of the National Aids Trust, said: "To cut back on a
sexual health campaign is the worst kind of false economy."