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However, be cautious smoking pipes is not recommended

(Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) And while dip usage among big-leaguers has declined since Tony Gwynns premature death from mouth cancer in 2014 and the related partial ban of smokeless tobacco from the 2016 collective bargaining agreement, a significant number of players still regularly partake both away from and in plain view of TV cameras

Nicotine is absorbed through mouth tissues, putting users at high risk for tongue, cheek, gum and mouth cancers

The most common types of dip are long cut, wide cut, and fine cut (or moist snuff)

Roughly one-third of major leaguers partake in some form of smokeless tobacco, which has been banned in the minor leagues (with dubious success) since 1993

These days, he usually pops a pouch every three to four hours and says he hasnt smoked in more than nine months