Chewing tobacco: Baseball's unhealthy habit

Earlier this year US sports fans were stunned by the death of a beloved baseball star, Tony Gwynn.

He had been ill with salivary gland cancer, which he blamed on the widespread baseball tradition of chewing tobacco.

Nada Tawfiq investigates how this latest tragic death is spurring efforts to rid the sport of tobacco.

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