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Re: The chewing gum question
Posted By: Dave, on host 208.164.234.234
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 11:55:03
In Reply To: Re: The chewing gum question posted by Mike, the penny-stamp man on Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 11:46:47:

> Except that typical tobacco chewing involves
>spitting out the juice. When was the last time
>you spit out gum juice? You may not swallow the
>gum mass, but you certainly consume the sugars
>and other ingredients that are drawn from it.
> As has been noted, these have nutritional value
>when they are consumed.
>
> It is food.

No. No no no. The gum itself is just the means of delivery for something that *might* be considered food (sugar, flavor -- I don't buy that the things in gum have any *nutritional* value) the same way that chewing tobacco is the means of delivery for the active ingredient of nicotine. That you injest the juice of one and not the other has no bearing on anything (besides, there are plenty of men who *do* ingest some or all of the juice--it makes most people sick, but apparently you can build up a tolerance to it). You still use the gum/tobacco to get the ingredient you want (sugar/flavor/nicotine) and DISPOSE OF IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

IT IS NOT FOOD

-- Dave

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