Condom vending machine outside Italian pharmacy

A condom machine is a vending machine for the sale of condoms. Condom machines are often placed in public restrooms, subway stations and airports as an effort of health protection. Many pharmacies also keep one outside, for after-hours access. Rare examples exist to dispense female condoms ^[1]. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1475 × 1930 pixel, file size: 686 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source: Joshua Sherurcij File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 458 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1475 × 1930 pixel, file size: 686 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source: Joshua Sherurcij File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cigarette vending machine. ... A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. ... Recently female condoms or femidoms have become available. ...

Safety Advice

According to the United States Food and Drug Administration, when using condoms from a machine, one should check the expiration date, that the condoms are latex and labelled for disease prevention, and that the machine is not exposed to direct sunlight or other source of extreme temperatures^[2]. FDA logo The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, biological medical products, blood products, medical devices, radiation-emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics in the United States. ... Shelf-life is the length of time that corresponds to a tolerable loss in quality of a processed food. ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ...

See also

• Safe sex
• Vending machine

Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is a set of practices that are designed to reduce the risk of infection during sexual intercourse to avoid developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ... Cigarette vending machine. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ First Female Condom Machine Is Launched in France. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
2. ^ U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved on 2007-03-26.

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