Transcript: Chicle Gum A Truly American Chew

LIANE HANSEN
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
07-12-2009
Chicle Gum A Truly American Chew

Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time 13:00-14:00 PM


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LIANE HANSEN, host:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Liane Hansen.

I quit smoking several years ago. I replaced cigarettes with two-milligram nicotine gum, unflavored. If I was a 16th century Aztec and chewed gum I might have been arrested. Depends, only children and old women were allowed to get away with this shameful behavior. I'm 57, so would I get a pass in an Aztec court?

Let's ask Jennifer Mathews. Together with Julian Schultz, she has written a new book about the 11,000-year history of gum. Published by the University of Arizona, it's ...

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