Campaign For Tobacco-Free Baseball Stadiums Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. In this March 27, 2009 file photo, Philadelphia Phillies Marcus Giles taking a dip of smokeless tobacco before batting practice at a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros, in Kissimmee, Fla. Rob Carr / AP The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is introducing a bill in the California Legislature that would ban spit tobacco in baseball parks across the state. (Minor league ballparks already banned spit tobacco.) We’ll talk with Matt Myers about why they introduced the bill and what resistance they expect from the tobacco industry and the Major League Baseball Players Association. LINKS: Bleacher Report: MLB: Tony Gwynn's Death and Chewing Tobacco in Baseball Tobacco Free Kids: Honor Tony Gwynn: Knock Tobacco Out of the Park for Good ESPN: A call to action: tobacco and MLB Huffington Post: MLB Players May Consider Discussing Chewing Tobacco Ban In 2016 ESPN: Eliminating chew ultimate MLB goal
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