'Extra Small' Condoms for 12-Year-Old Boys Go on Sale

March 5, 2010

Thursday, March 04, 2010

A leading condom manufacturer in Switzerland has created extra-small condoms for

boys as young as 12 years old, the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph reported.

The condom, called the Hotshot, was produced after family planning groups and

the Swiss AIDS Federation campaigned to have the condoms made following several

studies that showed adolescent boys were not using proper protection when

engaging in intercourse.

" The result that shocked us concerned young boys who display apparently risky

behavior, " Bodmer, who headed the research, told the newspaper. " They have

more of a tendency not to protect themselves. They do not have a very developed

sexual knowledge. They do not understand the consequences of what they are doing

and leave the young girls to take care of the consequences. "

Bodmer said the results of the study suggest that early prevention makes sense.

A spokeswoman for the company, Lamprecht AG, said the United Kingdom would be a

" top priority " if they expanded abroad, especially since the U.K. has one of the

highest rates of teen pregnancy in Europe.

A standard condom has a diameter of 2 inches; the Hotshot's is 1.7 inches.

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