Ball and Arnaz frequently appear in the lengthy (by contemporary standards) commercials, happily smoking and touting the cigarettes, sometimes in character as Lucy and Ricky — occasionally ...

Ricki Lake opened up about meeting Lucille Ball at the 1989 Oscars during an appearance on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" on Tuesday. ... She was smoking a cigarette, ...

Awaiting Her Big Break, 1942 . As a teen, Ball worked as a model, touting everything from designer couture to cigarettes. But at 19, she was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis and couldn't work ...