See the contemporary P&G tampon Trust. See the other tampons
Procter & Gamble sold around the time of
Rely.
Read also the important
following articles
(issues listed) in the Rochester
(New York) Patriot
newspaper, which investigated Rely in
1975 and 1976, years before the toxic shock
crisis: 23 July-5 August
1975 (front cover) -
6-26 August 1975 - 11 December 1975-13
January 1976 - 1-14
September 1976) - a letter to a customer
assuring her that Rely was safe (April 1980) -
and a letter from
Procter & Gamble (22 September 1980)
announcing that it was stopping distribution of
Rely because of health concerns
And read Lynn Peril's series
about these and similar booklets!
See more Kotex items: First ad (1921) -
ad 1928 (Sears and
Roebuck catalog) - Lee
Miller ads (first real person in
amenstrual hygiene ad, 1928) - Marjorie May's Twelfth
Birthday (booklet for girls, 1928,
Australian edition; there are many links here to
Kotex items) - Preparing
for Womanhood (1920s, booklet for girls;
Australian edition) - 1920s booklet in Spanish
showing disposal
method - box
from about 1969 - "Are
you in the know?" ads (Kotex) (1949)(1953)(1964)(booklet, 1956) - See
more ads on the Ads for
Teenagers main page
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Rely menstrual tampon: It
Even Absorbed the Worry!
Radio ads promoting Rely
Radio ad telling women not to use
Rely
The Rely tampon, apparently
promoting the illness toxic
shock in a few users, killed and
maimed scores of women in the U.S.A.
around 1980. Its maker, the Procter
& Gamble Company, then took it off
the market. (Rely
main page.)
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Listen
to three radio ads promoting
Rely tampons less than a
year before the tampon left
the market. Produced by
Benton And Bowles Inc. in
11/8/79. I thank this
generous radio man for
sending them:
Mr. Finley--
The Rely radio spot
brought back memories. I
went through my collection
of spots and found three
thirty seconds radio spots
for Rely. If you would
like to hear them I can
send them to you. I spent
17 years at a local AM/FM
station with my major job
assignment was
transferring commercials
onto the cartridges used
in the air studios. . . .
I also have one for Cathy
Rigby. . . .
I have been enjoying your
site for years
-- your talents, time
and presentations are
enjoyed by many
****
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| Click for the
first ad. |
| Click for the
second ad. |
| Click for third
ad. |
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Listen
to Procter & Gamble tell
radio
listeners to stop
using Rely because of the
risk of toxic shock syndrome
(TSS), probably in 1980 (and
read the letter
P&G sent to dealers).
The disc jockey who recorded
this wrote,
Harry,
Here is the spot.
I was a disc jockey on
WSM-FM radio back in the
day, and played this on
the air. It struck me as
weird that I had never
heard a spot where the
manufacturer asked you to
stop using a product.
Anyway, I ran off a tape
copy just for laughs, and
still have it to this day.
Now it's history.
****
Franklin, Tennessee
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| Click for the
spot telling listeners not
to use Rely. |
| Listen to
Olympic gymnast promote
Stayfree pads on the radio
(1982). |
It became the most famous tampon in
history, after Tampax (see a very early
Tampax.)
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