During the 2007 marijuana arrest of his boyfriend James Ready, the Massachusetts congressman claimed he only smoked cigars and would not recognize pot if someone blew a bong hit in his face. bad for you. Joe DiMaggio was in Chesterfield ads (the baseball mans cigarette), while English footballer Stanley Matthews happily pushed smooth, clean smoking. Plenty of athletes claimed it opened up their lungs and let them run faster, which is manifestly not true.