Witness List Announced for Hearing on Chewing Tobacco

April 12, 2010

"Smokeless Tobacco: Impact on the Health of our Nation′s Youth and Use in Major League Baseball"

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced on Monday the list of witnesses for the congressional hearing on the use of chewing tobacco by young people, the health problems it causes and the influence of professional baseball players who chew tobacco.

The Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce′s Health Subcommittee, Congressman Pallone said he wants to hear from the witnesses about their experiences and opinions on the use of chewing tobacco by baseball players and by young people and about the factors that contribute to their usage.

The subcommittee hearing will be held at 10:00  a.m., Wednesday, April 14th, in Room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building.

The witnesses:

• Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Executive Vice President, Labor Relations and Human Resources, Major League Baseball
• David Prouty, Esq., Chief Labor Counsel, Major League Baseball Players Association
• Terry Pechacek, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Deborah Winn, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
• Joseph Henry “Joe” Garagiola, Sr., Major League Baseball Announcer and former Major League Baseball Player
• Gregory Connolly, M.P.H., Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard University
• Gruen Von Behrens, from Stewardson, Ill. An oral cancer survivor.