Please feel free to E-mail me with your own comments on this issue or on anything else included in my Philosophy of Life section. Really it's only gum. It freshens breath, cleans gunk out of teeth when you don't have time to brush and is generally pleasant. Certainly, simple dental hygiene is not the overriding reason why people chew gum. I've seen a lot of people who would really be better off with a couple of packs of gum.
Some people are really exceptionally filthy and stinky.
But, I can't smell bad breath from across the room. Remember, that no gum can cure bad breath. All it can do is cover it up with a different smell. At least it isn't smoking or randomly responding to people's weird web statements.