Use of Smokeless Tobacco in Major-League Baseball

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Two types of smokeless tobacco are popular among baseball players today: moist snuff, commonly referred to as "dip," and chewing tobacco. Snuff is a finely ground, processed tobacco product that is placed between the cheek and gum. Chewing tobacco is cut or compressed tobacco leaf that is sold loose or as a solid plug. In the mouth, the tobacco releases nicotine, which mixes with saliva and crosses the oral mucosa into the bloodstream.1 Chewing tobacco was very popular in the United States when the rules of organized baseball were first written in 1845. Many of the early players chewed as . . .