Ozzie started out as a bandleader, which means that he was around smokers, considering the era.
Hmm, okay, I guess.
“was around smokers”
I often think of my brothers and boy cousins and me at Grandpas house in his 12x12 den, watching football as he had a cigar going for hours and the windows closed at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
He always had a pipe or cigar in his mouth - killed him at 98 - well that and the bacon and fried eggs everyday.