What do Randy Johnson, Terry Francona and thousands of former as well as current Major League baseball players have in common? They were, or are, addicted to smokeless tobacco. The greatest player of ...

With the ongoing investigation into the Tony Bosch steroid scandal, performance enhancing drugs are back at the forefront of baseball discussions. Steroids aren’t the only unhealthy substances to be ...

Dear Heloise: My son and some of his friends have taken up chewing tobacco, which I find disgusting. My son is 18, and his friends are all around his age. While he knows smoking is a health hazard, he ...

Chewing tobacco has long been used in many regions and is often considered less harmful than smoking cigarettes. However, recent research reveals that chewing tobacco can actually cause cancer faster ...

The World Series is the most important thing that can happen to a baseball player, and it is happening now to a bunch of them. You may have noticed that many have been conspicuously chewing things the ...

In a recent study in the journal Nature Communications, researchers systematically reviewed and synthesized the literature on the health risks associated with chewing tobacco. Their results indicate ...

Smokeless tobacco will be prohibited at Detroit sports stadiums and arenas. Detroit City Council approved the ordinance in a 7-2 vote. Products include chewing, snuff, or any tobacco intended to be ...