I'll always argue with many that for some athletes, it's almost performance enhancing. If one can use it to relax the mind before a tense game where others are puking from nervousness, it's an advantage.
Some of the best players I've seen play in person on courts would smoke between games, then come out and dunk on everybody or launch from 35 and hit nothing but net. Hell, when I went for research in Colorado, they were selling various flavors depending on what you needed. For snowboarding, try this and you will be cruising down the mountain. As part of my government based research, I tried it and was skiing smooth and confident, outside of having to be rescued in the trees after getting stuck in a deep tree well for 1.5 hrs and having major panic attacks while belly button deep in snow 30 feet up a tree. Outside of almost dying, I skiied better than I ever have, and was braced from ankle to hip. There was another flavor for body pain and aches post skiing. It was like taking a pain pill without passing out or itching my skin off.