U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for December 28: Candied Cough Drops

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

CANDIED COUGH DROPS

Profile America-- Wednesday, December 28th. The holiday season is mostly a time of cheer. But it's also a time for that frequent winter misery — the common cold and the cough that often goes along with it. Seeking treatment for that symptom, let alone a cure for the cold, has a long history.  Before the middle of the 19th century, a restaurant owner in Poughkeepsie, New York, concocted a remedy to help sooth the cold sufferers' coughs. James Smith cooked up the first batch of candy cough drops in 1847. By 1872, the popular "Smith Brothers" remedy was packed in boxes for distribution and sale, becoming one of America's first factory-packaged candies. The nearly 44,000 drug stores in the country sell some $11.7 billion worth of cough drops, and other nonprescription medicines annually. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:
Kane's Famous First Facts, 3963
Smith story/accessed 10/7/2016: http://www.thesmithbrothers.com/history-pages-28.php 
Drug stores/NAICS 44611:
http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~44611 
Non-Prescription sales in drug stores/NAICS 44611/Product code 20162:  http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/44SLLS1//prodsvc~20162

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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