another piece of good news---

[Luisa]

Lautenberg is at it again. He and .... Durbin are trying to ban smokeless tobacco use by Professional baseball players. Isn"t that senile old man wonderful? He is 87 and plans to run for Senator again in 2014. He will be 90 or 91 at that time. How about it New Jersey--does he win in 2014? Unfortunately,we are stuck with him for at least 3 more years. He can create a lot of mischief in that time.

 

[maureengill]

Is there an article or something about this?

Lautenberg is at it again. He and .... Durbin are trying to ban smokeless tobacco use by Professional baseball players. Isn"t that senile old man wonderful? He is 87 and plans to run for Senator again in 2014. He will be 90 or 91 at that time. How about it New Jersey--does he win in 2014? Unfortunately,we are stuck with him for at least 3 more years. He can create a lot of mischief in that time.

 

[Stubby]

Senators call for baseball chewing tobacco ban - latimes.com

First Read - Senators: Ban smokeless tobacco use in MLB

 

[maxx]

Yes...by all means...ban tobacco chewing in baseball. It might interfere with the steroids, pain killers and human growth hormone.

 

[Girl4givn]

Yes...by all means...ban tobacco chewing in baseball. It might interfere with the steroids, pain killers and human growth hormone.

 

[Redbone]

As long as people keep voting these libs in office, you're going to keep on seeing these kind of stupid laws and over-reaching, nanny-state regulations.

 

[Turnkeys]

As long as people keep voting these libs in office, you're going to keep on seeing these kind of stupid laws and over-reaching, nanny-state regulations.

Anything to avoid the real work. (issues)

 

[Bill Godshall]

Lautenberg's and Durbin's press release and letters are at
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

Notice how their letter grossly exaggerates the health risks smokeless tobacco products, and deceitfully implies that smokeless products are as hazardous as cigarettes (by citing the 443,000 cigarette deaths as being caused by "tobacco-related products").

Tobacco-related products kill 443,000 Americans every year, and each day 1,000 American children and teenagers become new regular smokers. The U.S. Surgeon General, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute have concluded that smokeless tobacco causes cancers of the stomach, larynx, esophagus, oral cancer -- which can require disfiguring surgery -- and pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancers. The use of smokeless tobacco is also linked to cardiovascular disease, gum disease, tooth decay, and mouth lesions.

Another paragraph of their letter deceptively confuses moist snuff use (which has increased) with chewing tobacco use (which has declined every decade during the past 150 years).

The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that the use of smokeless tobacco products has increased by 36 percent among high school boys since 2003, raising the number of high school boys using smokeless tobacco to an alarming 15 percent. While tobacco companies spend millions on ads tailored to attract young people to use tobacco products, MLB is undoubtedly complicit in attracting many young people to try smokeless tobacco after seeing their baseball heroes chew tobacco.