US: Utah-themed condom wrappers will be destroyed

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By Peggy Fletcher Stack

The Utah Department of Health will destroy all the packaging with provocative Utah-themed messages on thousands of condoms it has been able to retrieve from partner agencies, a spokeswoman said Tuesday evening.

At the same time, the state’s HIV prevention website is back up.

After a review of “all creative aspects of the ‘H is for Human’ HIV prevention campaign,” the campaign has been “reinstated,” department spokeswoman Jenny Johnson said in a news release. That includes the HIVandME.com website, which provides “information, resources, and support for those living with HIV, those at risk for HIV, or people trying to support a friend or family member living with the infection.”

The agency is still working to recall as many of the more than 40,000 themed condoms it had distributed to various community groups — as well as to three local health departments, the University of Utah, and the Utah AIDS Foundation — before Gov. Gary Herbert last week called a halt to the campaign.

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