A letter to a newspaper

Well nowadays most people chew gum. It has some good sides, like help fight cavity and so on. But like everything now in the modern time it also has a bad side as well. For instance it’s rude to chew gum during lessons, meetings, etc. And it also weakens your concentration, and is bad for the health too. Furthermore if you read the writings on a gum pack you can find that pregnant women should not chew gums. However, in some countries chewing gum at school is against the rules, because it sticks to stuffs and makes furniture dirty.

So banning gum is right, the parents think. Like this morning my parents suggested that I shouldn’t chew gums often, but if I have to, or want to I ought to chew on only one piece of gum all the time, because the outer part of gum is really bad for the health. Well what’s the use of chewing gum if it’s not enjoyable or flavoured. Well think again. Gum was invented a loo…ng time ago, some 5000 years, I think. The Mayans used chicle, or gum like substance from the trees to make gum. And I’m sure it didn’t taste that great according to the fact that in ancient times smashed bugs and insects were used as some ingredients. But at that time women in particular used it as mouth freshener.
Also, what about the good sides of gum. Since there are so many kinds of gums, it comes in almost every fruit flavors, and still keeps adding. New kinds of gum are appearing, changing the size, flavor, shape, colour and even the purposes.
In addition, there are gums that are fun and which children and adults both enjoy, such as bubble gum, gumballs, candy and gum combinations(such as lollipops, Ex: chupa chups), ribbon gums, strip gums, spaghetti gum or tube gum(very soft gum, which can be squeezed from a tube), powder gums and so on. Also some gums are used for certain causes. For instance, functional gum is a gum which has special functions, Zuft gum, for example specializes in herbal chewing gum products using gum as the delivery system for vitamins, minerals and other stuffs. And a medicated gum is a chewing gum that takes medicinal substances through saliva and to bloodstream faster than pills. Also, have you heard about gums being used for military? The United States military have regularly supplied soldiers with chewing gum since World War 1 because it helped both to improve the soldiers' concentration and to relieve stress(so about gum being bad for concentration is defeated). Chewing gum is also used for fighting tooth decay and improving a person’s mood(so don't have 2 be sad nomore, just chew a piece of gum, and hope it works). Recently, Stay alert caffeine gums were invented to keep soldiers alert and to stop from cognition(thinking) and to improve physical performance, works kind of like coffee.
For these reasons I clearly declare that gums should be chewed not banned, but for certain amount and for limited time.


Yours sincerely

A member of the international association of gum chewers (lol)