1.   As any honest person who has ever used tobacco will tell you, knowledge of the dangers is and always has been universal.

2.   As people begin to use more tobacco, they may worry about how much they smoke and feel as though they want to quit.

3.   At issue is how Philip Morris makes cigarettes using reconstituted tobacco, or sheets made from the non-leaf parts of the tobacco plant.

4.   A player will be ejected from a game if he is found using spit tobacco.

5.   But President Clinton said in a news conference Thursday that he does not want to use tobacco as an election issue.

6.   Don Fear, executive director of the Major League Baseball Association, said most baseball players who use spit tobacco refuse to believe they are courting cancer.

7.   Failing that, they would prefer using tobacco as a campaign issue rather than compromising on legislation.

8.   For the majority of Americans who do not use tobacco products, dietary choices and physical activity are the most important modifiable determinants of cancer risk.

9.   Historically, tobacco has been used medicinally for thousands of years in North and South America, where it is indigenous.

10.   However, if they want to use tobacco, players are more than free to bring their own into the clubhouse.