Girls should be vaccinated against genital warts as part of the NHS immunisation programme, experts say.
Genital warts are caused by the human papillomavirus and are the most common viral sexually transmitted infection diagnosed in the UK.
At present, girls aged 12 to 14 are offered the HPV vaccine Cervarix, which protects against cervical cancer but not genital warts.
However, an alternative vaccine is available that provides protection against both diseases.
A recent survey of sexual health doctors revealed that nine out of ten would advise their own daughters to pay for this alternative vaccine, Gardasil, instead of the NHS treatment.
The British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) is appealing to parliament this week in the hope that ministers will recognise the benefits of Gardasil and introduce it instead of Cervarix.
Figures show that new cases of genital warts have soared by a third over the last ten years and the NHS spends at least £46 million each year on treating the disease.
Dr Keith Radcliffe, president of BASHH, commented: 'It's obviously important that young women should be protected against cervical cancer, but if the government had purchased Gardasil back in 2008, like almost all other developed countries did at the time, today we could be well on the way to eradicating genital warts.'