A controversial piece, or more appropriately, wad, of baseball tradition will be forbidden from Fenway Park this year — the brown, sludge-like smokeless tobacco players have stuffed in their cheeks for decades and spit on the ground.
Instead, bright red “Tobacco Free” signs and flashing video billboard messages are expected to greet fans at the Red Sox home opener Monday, reminding all that tobacco products, including smokeless chew and electronic cigarettes, are prohibited.
Boston became the second US city, behind San Francisco, to ban smokeless products at ballparks. San Francisco’s prohibition started in January, and Boston’s law, adopted last fall, took effect Friday.
The campaign to rid the sport of a product rife with serious health consequences is aimed at influencing youngsters who idolize tobacco-chewing ballplayers. Read More>
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