Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is calling on Major League Baseball to ban the use of smokeless tobacco.
During a hearing on Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman cited statistics from a 2004 study by Harvard University showing how in one game of the 2004 World Series, chewing tobacco received $6.4 million worth of free advertising. Waxman said that kind of advertising leads to to many teenagers becoming addicted to nicotine.
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