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, now owned by Mondelēz International, and have long been advertised as featuring “Vapor Action”. Halls was first made in the 1930s in Stanley Road, Whitefield, Lancashire, the United Kingdom by the Halls Brothers company, founded 1893 by Thomas Harold Hall and Norman Smith Hall. Halls Brothers were acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964. Production in Whitefield ceased in the late 1980s. When Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000, the Halls brand came with the entire Adams portfolio (which included Trident gum, Dentyne, Chiclets, and Freshen Up, among others). Two years later, Adams was bought out by Cadbury, who was subsequently purchased by Kraft Foods, which was later restructured and renamed Mondelēz International – as of 2015, Mondelēz International owns the Halls brand worldwide.
