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As in so many things Jewish, it is a machloket between the poskim. Both Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Ovadya Yosef ruled that a bracha should be made. However, others (Rav Dov Lior, the sefer Birkat Hashem, et al) differ and say that no bracha is required; indeed, it may even be a "bracha l'vatala," either because the gum's taste is absorbed into the saliva & then swallowed (and saliva has no bracha) or because gum is not considered to be food in the normal sense. Still others differentiate between regular and sugar-free gum, the former needing a bracha because sugar is considered a food that we enjoy, while sugar-free gum needs no bracha. Related to this topic is the widespread opinion that smoking has no bracha (even flavored tobacco that one "enjoys" when inhaled); clearly, it is rather a blessing NOT to smoke & to live longer!
Brachot on Food and on Smell
Brachot on Food and on Smell
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Rabbi Stewart Weiss

Was ordained at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, and led congregations in Chicago and Dallas prior to making Aliyah in 1992. He directs the Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, helping to facilitate the spiritual absorption of new olim.
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