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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 5                  Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE:    January 12, 1994           Registration No. 33-50961
(To Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 1993     
including the Prospectus dated November 30, 1993)


                               TAMBRANDS INC.

                             MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
                Due More Than Nine Months from Date of Issue

Floating Rate Note (  )           4.65% Fixed Rate Note (X)

Principal Amount:       $10,000,000.00     Issue Price: 99.75%
Original Issue Date:    January 20, 1994   Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars   
Interest Accrual Date:  January 20, 1994   Maturity Date: January 21, 1997

Redemption Date(s):      None                New         Notice of
Redemption Price(s):     N/A                 Maturity    Renewal
Authorized Denominations (if other than      Date(s):    Date(s): 
denominations of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
in U.S. Dollars):        N/A

Repayment Date(s):       None        Interest Payment Period:
Repayment Price(s):      N/A              Semi-Annual

Original Issue Discount              Interest Payment Dates:
Note:           ( ) Yes (X) No         January 1 and July 1
Total Amount of OID:        N/A
Yield to Maturity:          N/A      Global Security: (X) Yes ( ) No
Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A      Exchange Rate Agent:      N/A
Method Used to Determine             Historical Exchange Rate: N/A
Yield to Maturity and Initial 
Accrual Period OID:         N/A

(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Spread (plus or minus): N/A
  Initial Interest Rate:    N/A           Spread Multiplier:      N/A
  Index Maturity:           N/A           Maximum Interest Rate:  N/A
  Base Rate(s):             N/A           Minimum Interest Rate:  N/A




 If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page:        Calculation Rate Agent:  N/A
       (  ) LIBOR Reuters
       (  ) LIBOR Telerate               Name of Agent: Morgan Stanley
                                                          & Co.

Index Currency:  U.S. Dollars            Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period:            N/A     Commission: $35,000.00 
Interest Reset Dates:             N/A    Net Proceeds to Co.: $9,940,000.00 

( ) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company
at a price to the public of ( ) 100% of Principal Amount
or ( ) ______% of Principal Amount.

(x) Agent is purchasing Notes from the Company as Principal for
resale to investors and other purchasers at: (x) a fixed initial
public offering price of 99.75% of the principal amount; ( ) a fixed
initial public offering price of___% of the principal amount; or ( )
varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at time of resale
to be determined by Agent.

Additional Terms:      N/A