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Halls (http://www.gethalls.com/) is a popular brand here in Canada and I have bought it when traveling in the US.

Altoids are very popular in America.

http://www.google.com/products?sourceid=gmail&q=mentholated+throat+lozenges&um=1&ie=UTF-8

I didn't go all the way through the list, but I know the first six or seven are widely available in the US.

We call them sore throat lozenges or cough drops. There's a list of popular brands here.

Edit: some of the bands on the list are from the U.K. Popular U.S. brands include Cepacol, Chloraseptic, Halls, Ricola, Luden's, Sucrets, Smith Brothers.

Smith Brothers! I loved them! Licorice! And those two bearded guys on the box.

Sucrets has several flavors.

Fisherman's Friend and Ricola might be choices.

Luden's cherry cough drops! They were 10 cents a box when I was a kid, which was cheaper than the other candy so we bought them instead.

Speaking of which, a coworker who's married to a man from Mexico and spends a lot of time there said that in Mexico, a lot of people eat Halls cough drops like candy. She said her son had a cold recently and when she gave him a Halls cough drop, he said, "How's that candy going to help me?"

Saanen said:

Luden's cherry cough drops! They were 10 cents a box when I was a kid, which was cheaper than the other candy so we bought them instead.

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Same here! I loved Luden's cherry cough drops and I remember when they were cheaper than candy. I still love them. I'm not sure they do a darn thing for the sore throat, other than lube it up with sweetness, but they are good.