It’s almost baseball season, which means it’s time for anti-tobacco extremists to start grabbing easy headlines. One especially zealous state lawmaker wants to ban smokeless tobacco by players and ...

Oral Health America (OHA) recently teamed up with John Danks, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball team, to film a public service announcement (PSA) about the dangers of smokeless ...

Rooted in baseball historyBaseball's spitting image dates back to the game's roots. The term "bullpen" was derived from Bull Durham tobacco, which was first produced by the Blackwell Tobacco Co. in ...

After hounding Major League Baseball and its players union over steroids, Congress now wants the sport to ban smokeless tobacco. ``Good luck,'' San Francisco Giants reliever Brandon Medders said.

Always a hidebound sport, baseball has accepted interleague play, the wild card and even video replay in the last 20 years. Now a campaign backed by members of Congress and Commissioner Bud Selig is ...

CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Two U.S. senators have urged the heads of Major League Baseball and the players union to ban the use of smokeless tobacco products on the field and in the dugout and the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Senate Democrats are urging Major League Baseball and the players union to ban smokeless tobacco, such as chew and dip. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey and Dick Durbin of ...

Limits on smokeless tobacco use included in the new Major League Baseball contract represent a historic first step to protect the health of big league players and millions of young fans who look up to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF and AP) -- Former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker was a big dipper. He's cut back his chaw over the years, but still might pop in a pinch when games get tight. The ...

Oral cancer survivor Gruen Von Behrens warns public about smokeless tobacco. April 14, 2010— -- Gruen Von Behrens was 13 when he became addicted to smokeless tobacco. A typical rural Midwestern ...