Extra small condoms on sale in Switzerland

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"Boys often can't find a suitably sized condom."

Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 could soon be on our shelves. The condom, called the Hotshot, has been produced after government research showed 12 to 14-year-old boys did not use protection when having sex.

Initially 55,000 packs containing one small and one normal-sized condom are being made and will be sold over the counter and via the internet.

The condoms are likely to end up on sale in Britain, said their manufacturer Lamprecht AG. A spokesman said the UK would be ‘top priority’ if the company expanded abroad, considering it had the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe.

Nysse Norballe said: ‘At the moment we are only producing the Hotshot in Switzerland. ‘But the UK is certainly a very attractive market since there is a very high rate of underage conception.’ A standard condom has a diameter of 52mm in comparison with the Hotshot’s 45mm. Both are the same length – 190mm. According to a study of 13 to 20-year-olds, a quarter said that a standard condom was too large.

Hilary Pannack, of teenage pregnancy charity Straight Talking Peer Education, said: ‘We know young people are having sex and if this is what it takes to protect them, we need to go along with it.’

Company spokesman Nysse Norballe told The Telegraph that a standard condom had a diameter of 5.2cm, but the Hotshot's diameter was just 4.5cm. Both are the same length - 19cm.

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