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The history of a fake Hollywood cigarette brand

Séamus Bellamy
Sep 22, 2025
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They appeared in Breaking Bad. Robert Redford burned them down in Spy Games. William Shatner took a puff on one of them in an episode of the original Twilight Zone, and you can find them in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and while you're hanging out with your chooms in Cyberpunk 2077. There are no more infamous fake product brands in …

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