Editing Tampax (section)

{{Short description|Procter & Gamble tampon brand}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox Brand
|logo = [[File:Tampax.svg|250px]]
|name = Tampax
|image = 
|type = [[Tampon]]
|currentowner = [[Procter & Gamble]]
|origin = United States
|discontinued = 
|related = 
|markets = World
|introduced = {{start date and age|1931}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyUwNAs43LcC&q=william+a+procter+president&pg=PA426 |title=Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter and Gamble |publisher=Harvard Business Press |date=May 1, 2004 |access-date=May 7, 2013 |author=Davis, Dyer |pages=426 |isbn=9781591391470 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> (as Tampax Sales Corporation)
|previousowners = Tampax Incorporated<br>Tambrands, Inc.
|trademarkregistrations=
|website=
 {{URL|http://www.tampax.com}}
}}
'''Tampax''' (a [[portmanteau]] of tampon and packs) is a brand of [[tampon]]s currently owned by [[Procter & Gamble]]. It was based in [[White Plains, New York]], US until its sale to Procter & Gamble in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-10-fi-47215-story.html|title=Procter & Gamble Acquiring Tambrands|date=1997-04-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2023-08-07}}</ref> It is a subsidiary of P&G's [[Always (brand)|Always]] brand and is sold in over 100 countries.

The product was designed by [[Earle Haas]], who filed a patent in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/06/history-of-the-tampon/394334/|title=The Tampon: A History|last=Fetters|first=Story by Ashley|date=2015-06-01|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2023-08-07|issn=1072-7825}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=JR Thorpe|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/124929-the-history-of-the-tampon-because-they-havent-always-been-for-periods|title=The Bizarre History Of The Tampon|website=Bustle|language=en|date=2015-11-19|access-date=2023-08-07}}</ref> The original product was designed from the start as flushable and [[biodegradable]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}