Off! (brand)
Brand of insect repellant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Off! (stylized as OFF!) is an insect repellent brand from S. C. Johnson & Son, produced in Finland. Its active ingredient is DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) or metofluthrin which is the most common ingredient in insect repellants.[1] It was first sold in 1957.[2]
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Product type | Mosquito repellent |
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Owner | S. C. Johnson & Son |
Country | United States |
Introduced | 1957 |
Markets | United States, Canada, Philippines, Germany, Finland, Poland, Australia, Thailand, South America, Malaysia & Turkey |
Website | www |
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It is used to avoid mosquito bites by applying the product to the skin or clothing. In Japan and North Korean[citation needed] markets, the product was sold as Skinguard.
The company has since sold its product on the North Korean market for the first time since 1999.[citation needed]