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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Chewing gum, Fleer, O-Pee-Chee, Topps baseball card products, Bowman Gum, Chewing gum ban in Singapore, Wrigley Company, Eclipse, Gum industry, Juicy Fruit, Stride, 5, Aspergum, Doublemint, 1978 Topps, Fruit Stripe, Orbit, 1979 Topps, Bazooka Joe, 1977 Topps, Hubba Bubba, Ice Breakers, Gum base, 1976 Topps, Airwaves, 1975 Topps, Dentyne, Charms Blow Pops, Natural gum, List of chewing gum brands, Black Black, 1971 Topps, Dubble Bubble, Chiclets, Big League Chew, 1981 O-Pee-Chee, 1970 Topps, Spearmint, Ford Gum, Think Gum, 1972 Topps, Clark's Teaberry, Peppersmith Chewing Gum, Big Red, American Chicle Company, Philadelphia Gum, 1974 Topps, Black Jack, 1986 O-Pee-Chee, 1988 O-Pee-Chee, 1987 O-Pee-Chee, 1989 O-Pee-Chee, 1973 Topps, Gumball machine, Bubble Tape, Hubba Bubba soda, Thomas Adams, Bubblegum, Bubble Yum, Excel, Gum wrapper chain, 1984 O-Pee-Chee, Freshen Up Gum, 1983 O-Pee-Chee, 1982 O-Pee-Chee, 1985 O-Pee-Chee, Beemans gum, Wrigley's Spearmint, Functional chewing gum, Toy, Clorets, Jolt gum, Stimorol, Spruce gum, Ouch!, Super Bubble, Blibber-Blubber, Chewels, Chewing gum bug, Winterfresh, Rain-Blo, Fusen gum, Cry Baby, Jenkki, Thrills, Koolerz, Hoodia Gum, Fit's, Seedlings, Surpass, Chlormint. Excerpt: Chewing gum is a type of confection traditionally made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For reasons of economy and quality, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle. Chicle is nonetheless still the base of choice for some regional markets, such as in Japan. Chewing gum in various forms has existed since at least the Neolithic period. 5,000-year-old chewing gum with tooth imprints, made of birch bark tar, has been found in Kierikki, Yli-Ii, Finland. The bark tar of which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal...