Halls (cough drop)

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Halls is the brand name of a popular mentholated cough drop. Halls cough drops (categorized as a Cough Suppressant/Oral Anesthetic by the manufacturer) are sold by the Cadbury-Adams Division of Cadbury-Schweppes. Halls were first made in the 1930's, in Britain, by the Halls Brothers company (founded 1893). Halls Brothers was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964, In 2002 Cadbury Schweppes bought Adams, including Halls.

Halls is now a worldwide brand.

Halls, which has long been advertised as featuring "vapor action", is made in the following flavors:

Apple Surge
Blackcurrant
Blueberry
Cherry
Cool Berry
Cool Citrus
Extra-Strong Spearmint
Fresh Lime
Fresh Mint
Ginger
Grapefruit
Green Grape
Honey-Lemon
HyperMint
Ice Blue
Kiwi-Apple
Mentho-Lyptus
Mint surge
Ocean Blue
Orange Creme
Spearmint
Strawberry
Strawberry Creme
Tropical Fruit
Tropa-Lyptus
Watermelon

In Latin American countries, is not marketed as a cough suppressant, but as a breath candy. Some of its flavors names have "lyptus" (cherry-lyptus, lemon-lyptus, orange-lyptus, etc.) pointing out its eucalyptus extract component. Halls have also been frowned upon by many people, who say that it is nothing more than any other candy.