Because chewing tobacco is so glamorous

Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers says singer Gretchen Wilson may be violating "the 1998 settlement between states and tobacco companies forbidding tobacco ads targeting young people" when she whips out a can of chaw as she sings "Skoal Ring" in concert.

"Many young people attend your concerts and purchase your music and T-shirts," Summers wrote in a letter he sent to Wilson on Thursday. "Because your actions strongly influence the youth in your audience . . . I ask you to take steps to warn young people of negative health effects of smokeless tobacco use."