Halls (cough drop)
Halls is a British brand of a mentholated cough drop owned by Mondelēz International since 2015. In 2016, it was one of the biggest selling branded over-the-counter medications sold in Great Britain, with sales of £32.5 million. The Hall Brothers company was founded in 1893 by Thomas Harold & Norman Smith Hall, cough drops were first made in the 1930s on Stanley Road, Whitefield, Lancashire. The company was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964 with production moved to Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, in 1970. Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000. Two years later the brand was bought by Cadbury Schweppes, which was purchased by Kraft foods and later restructured. Drug information

Halls contain menthol, which acts as local anaesthetic and "creates a cooling sensation". It also acts as a cough suppressant. Additional information

In some parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, the Philippines, and Pakistan, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy and is not recognised as a medicine for coughs. In the UK, Halls Extra Strong has recently dropped all mention of an active ingredient (or of coughs) from the packaging, and now describes the contents as "Extra Strong Original flavour hard boiled sweets." Notes

References

External links
Halls main website

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