ATLANTA – How many Americans now remember, or ever realized in the first place, there was an H1N1 flu outbreak in 2009 that reached a level where public health officials declared it a pandemic? How many would recall then-President Obama declaring this strain of “swine flu” a...

STOCKHOLM – A chemical analysis performed by the Swedish Chemicals Agency has found sex toys contain fewer harmful substances than do children’s toys — and not by a narrow margin. According to a report the agency released this week, testing revealed 15 percent of children’s toys...

MOSCOW – The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Actually, with the volume of sex apps emerging from Russia these days, it appears the Russians want everyone to be cumming. From apps that help users find one-night stands to fetish dating to facial recognition and...

NASHVILLE – For the second time in recent months, Tennessee State Sen. Mae Beavers has proposed a joint resolution to “recognize pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.” As you might expect, the...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Eldorado Trading Company, one of the world’s largest distributors of adult pleasure products and lingerie, has partnered with Rhode Island-based sexuality training and education non-profit The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health (CSPH) to create Elevate U....

NEW YORK – A new study indicates consumers prefer opt-in mobile advertising over traditional digital ads like pre-roll and display by a nearly 2-1 margin (54 percent versus 29 percent). A separate but related study found opt-in mobile advertising delivers a significant lift in...

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Williams Trading Co.’s 2017 lingerie collection brings together more than 100 new sensual fashions created by top-line manufacturers. “Four manufacturers worked diligently with us to bring their latest designs at the best price to the adult market: Allure,...

LAS VEGAS – As is always the case following a transition of Presidential power in Washington, here at the dawn of 2017 the adult industry finds itself wondering what the years ahead might bring in terms of increased obscenity prosecution, new regulations, or yet another revision...

LONDON – File this under “Duh.” A new study seems to confirm what everyone already suspected: In times of stress, anxiety or depression, women raid the fridge and men seek out sex or pornography. Researchers at University College London say the gender-divergent behaviors define...

SAN FRANCISCO – One of the great frustrations of someone who writes about the adult industry from within it comes in reading articles about the same subjects written by people on the outside looking in. Among other things, I’m consistently mystified by the credulity of...