The American Dental Association has joined the medical movement of credible organizations calling for MLB reform. Many professional medical associations are demanding the Major League Baseball Player's Association to ban the use of tobacco inside of ballparks and banning its use on camera. Learn how the death of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, uprooted the age old debate of baseball and tobacco...
The health groups had said in their letter to MLB and the Players Association that the use of smokeless tobacco endangers the health of baseball players. "It also sets a terrible example for the millions of young people who watch baseball at the ballpark or on TV and often see players and managers using tobacco," the letter said. Mr. Selig said that in the last round of collective bargaining, MLB proposed a complete prohibition on the use and possession of smokeless tobacco. "The regulation of the use of tobacco products by Major League players is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining with the Players Association," he said in his response.
