Yes because bubble gum and I am beast mode
The National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers
The American Dental Association
Some gums are endorsed by the ADA (American Dental Association). Look for their logo on packages of gum. I know for a fact that Trident gum is recommended, and a lot of sugar-less gums are too.
In 2001 there were 10 U.S. manufacturers in this industry
The first gumball machine to come to the United States was in 1888. The Thomas Adams Gum Company installed machines on subway platforms in New York City that vended Tutti-Frutti gum.
The American vending machine industry was truly born in 1888, when Thomas Adams of the Adams Gum Company began selling his Tutti-Frutti gum out of machines on the platforms of New York's elevated rail system.
The makers were originally trying to make a new, cheaper alternative to rubber. It failed the rubber tests but he then had an idea, popped it into his mouth and gum was invented. Gum has been around forever. The gum was from the greeks and romans.
The average American eats around 876 sticks of chewing gum a year. :)
Chewing gum in various forms has been around for thousands of years, so at least a few of the earliest settlers probably chewed gum. But, widespread use of chewing gum by modern civilization came about in the early 1800s when English settlements adopted the practice from American Indians. Chewing gum as we know it today was invented in the 1850s by Thomas Adams.
The regular gum lasts longest. Gum gum gum
Gum leaves. If you're lucky you might catch the occasional American tourist
The name would be Liquidambar styraciflua. Family: Hamamelidaceae.