He leaves behind his wife, Nancy (Rexrode) Smith, two sons, Donald Smith Jr. and wife Maranda of New Castle, DE, Noel Smith and Jennifer of Swanton, three daughters, Donna Curtin and husband Richard of East Bridgewater, MA, Sungvien Uber and husband Allen of Swanton, and Monica Savage and husband Jason of Oakland.
Although chewing gum is designed to be chewed and not swallowed, it generally isn't harmful if swallowed. Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. But this isn't true. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't stay in your stomach. It moves relatively intact through your digestive system and is excreted in your stool. On rare occasions, large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have blocked intestines in children.
This gets rid of a dry mouth, which, in turn, prevents acid reflux. The downside of chewing gum is that air gets swallowed while you are chewing and that could cause belching and gas thereby, intensifying the symptoms of acid reflux.