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04/08/1975 First condom ad in American TV

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The First Condoms advertising on TV - "Trojan" 1975

The first television ad promoting condoms, on the California station KNTV, aired in 1975: it was quickly pulled after it attracted national attention. And in over 30 states, advertising condoms as birth control devices was still illegal.
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