New manufacturers appeared in the Soviet Union, which had never restricted condom sales.

(All restrictions on Irish condom sales were lifted in 1993.)

Although the Commission threw out the old law restricting condom sales, it added a warning that new restrictions might be added.

It also listed stores by condom sales per square foot.

Research - as well as common sense - indicated to the company that embarrassment was still a major impediment to condom sales.

All this promotion is expensive, and the revenues from condom sales hardly pay the bills.

Total condom sales passed the 100 million mark for the first time and pills the 2 million mark.

Between 1985 and '86, however, condom sales jumped 10 percent, with women accounting for most of those purchases, business analysts say.

The impact of such efforts on condom sales has been dramatic.

After the war, condom sales continued to grow.