The tobacco products were variously found to be fake, bearing the logos of brands like Lambert and Butler, Golden Virginia and Richmond, or genuine products that had been smuggled into the country and on which tax had not been paid. In mitigation, Kellie Enever said her client had worked hard in legitimate forms of employment. She asked the judge to suspend the prison sentence.

The pair were allegedly found in possession of 200 Mayfair king-sized cigarettes, 55x50g Amber Leaf tobacco, 5,440 Richmond king-sized cigarettes, 200 Regal king-sized cigarettes and 15x50g Golden Virginia tobacco pouches, all of which were counterfeit. Aside from the offensive meaning, colloquial British English uses the term fag to indicate a cigarette.

Guy Natttiv’s biopic Golda, is written by Nicholas Martin and chronicles the big decisions the 'Iron Lady of Israel' made during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

Fag-end itself, always according to the OED, comes from an usage of fag, meaning "something that hangs loose". I read all this as suggesting that the word for cigarette came about because of the way cigarettes often I could not be more excited to work with the legendary Miss Mirren to bring this epic, emotional and complex story to life." The 34-year-old allegedly turned on all the water taps, causing the bathroom to flood, damaging his own and his neighbour’s property.Britain is a prime target for tobacco smugglers partly because of our tax on cigarettes, which is among the highest in Europe. She was photographed puffing away on fake fags with co-star Camille Cottin while filming in London. Dame Helen, 76, recently said one of her top life rules was no smoking or chewing tobacco. A recent raid in Coventry discovered a haul of 14 million fake cigarettes, and those that go untraced are typically sold on the street or at car boot sales.