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Condoms as Safer Sex

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Perform a death-defying act, 1987

This huge headline communicated a simple solution. By depicting condoms as a common, easy-to-use solution, this poster from the Cascade AIDS Project in Portland made protection approachable.

  • Publisher(s):
    Oregon Health Division
  • Type:
    Poster
Color photograph of a condom in front of a white background.
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    PERFORM A DEATH-DEFYING ACT.

    Use a condom.

    If you’re not careful, AIDS might kill you. it’s a disease with no cure and no survivors. But there is a small consolation. A condom. It could save your life. lf anything, it could help you sleep a lot easier.

    Protect Yourself
    For information call: 223-AIDS in Portland, 1-800-777-AIDS in Oregon

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