[Gay State Conservative]

Please note that in Britain and former Brit colonies “fag” means cigarettes.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Please note that in Britain and former Brit colonies “fag” means cigarettes.

Given that it's "bowel cancer" it probably doesn't matter either way.

[newhouse]

Yeah I had forgotten that fags are cigarettes- initially there was a different mental image.

[max americana]

> Please note that in Britain and former Brit colonies “fag” means cigarettes.

I’m ex-Canadian and in BC and the western provinces, it’s still called a ‘smoke’. Even though we still use the Queen’s English back in HS like “harbour” (harbor) or ‘colour” (color), some things we just got from living beside America.