text: has smokeless, or "chewing" tobacco been banned from major league baseball? i seem to recall reading, or hearing something a few years ago, saying that chewing tobacco was banned from major league baseball.  from what i remember hearing, players still continue to use it though, even though it it was banned...they just pay fines for doing so.  however, gladly accept the fines, so they can continue to chew.  is there any truth to this, and can anyone provide me with any links proving so?  thanks. :) i believe that the ban only applies to minor league baseball - the use of both chewing and smoking tobacco was banned beginning on june 15, 1993. (see link below) as you'll see in that article, the major league's players' collective bargaining agreement was seen as likely to block any efforts to institute a similar ban in the majors - in fact, the anti-tobacco regulations for minor leagues were written specifically to exclude any major league players who might be relegated to a minor league club on rehabilitation.  the ncaa banned smokeless tobacco in 1994, but one estimate suggests that 40% of all college baseball players are in violation of the rule.