Wrapped in Subway Logos, Free City Condom Is a Hit

Wrapped in Subway Logos, Free City Condom Is a Hit

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Published: April 5, 2007

Seductive forces abound in New York City: music, bars, food, money, power. And the No. 1 train, of course, though some people think the D train is really hot.

Subways and sex? Apparently so.

In just a month, the city gave away five million of its new subway-themed condoms, officials said yesterday. Lest you read past that number unimpressed, consider that that was about two condoms for every man living in the city — more than the city distributed in all of 2003.

This condom was the first designed just for the city, in a wrapper with lettering mimicking the logos of subway lines. First released on Valentine’s....

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