The company behind Airborne, the oh-so-popular anti-cold tablet developed by a school teacher, has settled litigation for $23.3 million. Admitting no wrong-doing, the company has decided that it will have to pay for advertisements to give back customers their money. Apparently, Airborne made claims of shortening the length of the common cold and preventing you from catching it. It did have studies to back it up, only they were found out to be done by laypeople. This was back in 2006. Since then, Airborne has redone all print materials to say on its packaging that it only “boosts the immune system,” whatever that means… This overrated multivitamin has been condemned for what it is worth, nothing more than a bunch of hoopty herbal medicines (none proven to work) and half an orange. Oh, and eating half an orange is much cheaper than taking an Airborne tablet…and works better, too.
More details about the litigation are due out June 6th, so if you were suckered to buy the product, maybe then you can learn how to get your money back.
