Dipping Research Paper

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Dipping or packing a lip is one of the most recognizable things a person can do. The sound of someone packing a can is loud and if there is a bottle with something in it you are unsure of, mostly likely it is dip spit.
Walking through campus visitors and fellow students will see classmates dipping while walking around or even in class.
Throughout buildings on campus there are signs above water fountains asking students not to put dip spit down the drain since it will clog the drain.
While Ole Miss is a smoke free campus, it isn't a tobacco free campus. Meaning that students who smoke will get a citation if caught not ones who dip.
“It is hard to enforce the ban, we rely on UPD but they can not catch everyone smoking,” said Erin Murphy Cromeans the assistant director for Health Promotion.
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Some players think that it has the ability to help them gain peak performance.
“Dipping helps calm may nerves either before or during the game,” said Daniel Kloysuntia an Ole Miss Baseball pitcher.
In 2002 the NCAA took a zero tolerance policy on smokeless tobacco in an effort to ban it from all collegiate competitions. In Minor League Baseball dip is completely banned, there are harsh fines and penalties for coaches, players and staff members found dipping, but this is not strictly enforced.
While Major League Baseball faces an uphill battle to ban it thanks to the players union, cities have stepped up. ( Halpin, Ty. "National Collegiate Athletic Association." NCAA News Archive. NCAA, 26 May 2003. Web. 25 April 2016.)
“Baseball is a nerve wrecking game, if I don't pitch well I might not pitch again for a while and dipping helps me focus and get my mind right,” said

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