National Poll: After you've finished chewing gum, do you ... Spit it out or Swallow it?

Spit it out: 82.6%
Swallow it: 13.8%
Men: 85.2% 14.8%
Women: 88.3% 11.7%
Prediction Accuracy: 89.6%

Is this actually dangerous? When I was a kid, I was always told that swallowed gum would stay in my stomach for years, but now I've come to understand otherwise. Still, even though there's no risk to it, I find that I would much rather spit it out than swallow it.