procter & gamble country united states introduced 1890 previous owners richardson vicks inc. tagline breathe life in website www.vicks.com vicks is an american brand of over the counter medications owned by the american company procter & gamble . vicks manufactures nyquil and its morning sister medication dayquil . the vicks brand also produces formula 44 cough medicines cough drops vicks vaporub and a number of inhaled breathing treatments . for much of its history vicks products were manufactured by the family owned company richardson vicks inc. based in greensboro north carolina . richardson vicks inc. was eventually sold to procter & gamble in 1985 . in japan the product is distributed by taisho pharmaceutical but is manufactured by p & g in india . in belgium the product is imported by procter & gamble and is called vicks . in german speaking countries the brand name vicks is changed to wick in order to avoid possible sexual connotations linked to either vicks or vick . in latin america the brand name is simply vick . contents 1 history 2 product list 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1890 pharmacist lunsford richardson of selma north carolina took over the retail drug business of his brother in law dr. joshua vick of greensboro north carolina . 1 after dr. joshua vick saw an ad for vick s seeds lunsford richardson began marketing vick s family remedies . 1 the basic ingredients of the range included castor oil liniment dead shot vermifuge . 1 the most popular remedy was croup and pneumonia salve which was first compounded in 1891 in greensboro . it was introduced in 1905 with the name vick s magic croup salve and rebranded as vaporub in 1912 at the instigation of anthony kovacevic lunsford s oldest son ; 1 smith had gained valuable sales and marketing experience while working for a period in new york and massachusetts after attending college . smith richardson assumed the presidency of the company in 1919 upon his father s death . the flu epidemic of 1918 increased sales of vaporub from 900 000 to 2.9 million in just one year . in 1948 edward mabry became president of vicks the first outside the richardson family then known as the vick chemical company . in 1985 it was sold to procter & gamble and procter & gamble has since marketed the product as the only thing more powerful than a mother s touch . the company archives including related personal records of the richardson family from at least about 1920 or so up to the 1985 sale to procter & gamble are housed at the university of north carolina at chapel hill . product list edit vicks vapoinhaler nyquil dayquil zzzquil vicks vaporub vicks formula 44 references edit a b c d vicks history . vicks.com . retrieved 2016 03 26 . external links edit vicks brand website vicks brand website canada finding aid for the richardson vicks inc. records 4468 southern historical collection the wilson library university of north carolina at chapel hill . wick german v t e procter & gamble people norman r. augustine clarence gamble james gamble a.g. lafley lynn morley martin james mcnerney william procter william cooper procter john f. smith jr. ralph snyderman meg whitman ernesto zedillo brands always ambi pur ariel aussie bold bounty braun camay charmin cheer clairol covergirl crest blend a med dawn dayquil daz downy dreft eukanuba fairy febreze gain gillette gillette mach3 gleem head & shoulders herbal essences iams ivory joy luvs max factor metamucil mr. clean nice n easy nyquil olay old spice oral b pampers pantene pepto bismol puffs safeguard secret sk ii scope swiffer tampax tide vicks wella more ... related arbora & ausonia joint venture baltimore plant beinggirl chemicals decision earth hankook p & g mdvip pg tips port ivory pringles procter & gamble co. v. ohim tyneside retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vicks & oldid 735792618 categories ointmentsvicks brands1890 introductionshidden categories articles with german language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 04 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view