 In the 1960s and 1970s quality regulations <unk> , and more legal barriers to condom use were removed . In Ireland , legal condom sales were allowed for the first time in 1978 . Advertising , however was one area that continued to have legal restrictions . In the late 1950s , the American National Association of <unk> banned condom advertisements from national television : this policy remained in place until 1979 . 
