The maker of a popular vitamin and herbal supplement advertised to stop colds is coughing up cash to Florida and 31 other states. <\/p>\n

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Airborne Health Incorporated will pay a total of seven million dollars for claims the supplement can prevent colds and fight sore throats. Deputy Attorney General Bob Hannah said the company misled customers.<\/p>\n

?Their claims were made without any scientific evidence at the time they were made, so they would advertise them as a cure or a remedy or it would help diagnose or somehow treat a cold or flu or an allergy, when there?s no scientific evidence to that effect,? said Hannah. <\/p>\n

As part of the agreement, Airborne has to stop making claims not backed by the FDA. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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