Tony Gwynn's Battle With Cancer Rehashes Chewing Tobacco Debate

In early October, Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid salivary gland. Gwynn suspects his cancer was caused by years and years of chewing smokeless tobacco. The problem, if you want to call it that, of chewing tobacco use in Major League Baseball has been explored for years – even by congress. In April, Hourse Energy and Commerce committee chairman Henry Waxman and Health Subcommitte chairman Frank Pallone called on baseball to ban chewing tobacco.

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