Assembly Member To Propose MLB Chewing Tobacco Ban
On Tuesday, Assembly member Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) is expected to introduce legislation that would ban Major League Baseball players from using chewing tobacco at games in the state. The bill comes less than a year after retired baseball player Tony Gwynn died of cancer of the salivary glands, which has been linked to chewing tobacco.
- "California Lawmaker Seeks To Ban Chewing Tobacco in Baseball" (Bernstein, Reuters, 2/24).