． Judging from the outer packaging of the entire strip, the tobacco department has printed a long series of numbers on the sealing film in spray-like fonts of different sizes. Each strip has a different number. Counterfeit product numbers are often printed on them, and the fonts are generally difficult to read. Spray-like, and sometimes the numbers are the same;

2. Pick up a pack of cigarettes and squeeze it gently in your hand. There is a small gap between the packaging of the genuine products and the cigarettes, which are generally softer, while the counterfeit products are tightly packed and feel a little tight to the touch;

3. There is a line of numbers at the bottom of the front of each pack of cigarettes, which is difficult to see with the naked eye. Under ultraviolet irradiation, the genuine numbers are very neat, and each number is evenly spaced. The counterfeit product numbers are more obvious when viewed with the naked eye, and the number intervals and sizes are inconsistent. Very uniform;

4. Look at the sealing film at the bottom of each pack of cigarettes. The genuine products have more wrinkles at the adhesive area, while the counterfeit products are generally smoother and smoother.

Experts teach you how to identify fake cigarettes

At 9:00 on December 1, in the conference room of the Nanguan Branch of Changchun Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Jilin Province, Changchun Tobacco Monopoly law enforcement officers and some tobacco Merchant representatives gave a unique "class on identifying genuine and fake cigarettes".

Feng Mei, an expert at the Quality Inspection Station of Jilin Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, said that the production and packaging of real cigarettes are strictly in accordance with national standards, while fake cigarettes have many irregular loopholes. Can be found. At present, each tobacco manufacturer has its own unique anti-counterfeiting technology, including laser holographic anti-counterfeiting, the use of color-changing inks, watermarks, colored fibers, gratings, coded telephone inquiries, special marks, etc., and anti-counterfeiting technology is always being renovated. Among them, the coded telephone inquiry method is the most used by manufacturers and the best for consumers to identify, because this method is the most convenient and effective.

Experts said that from the perspective of identifying the cartons, a whole carton of cigarettes looks like real cigarettes. The outer packaging patterns and fonts are clearly printed, the color is pure, and the trademark pattern is consistent; the transparent paper is clean, smooth, and Smooth, good transparency, smooth pasting; flat cut on the pull cord, no burrs, and the fonts on the pull cord are clear and easy to read. The outer wrapping paper of counterfeit stick cigarettes is of poor quality and dull, the trademark color is uneven, the pattern printing is rough, the font pattern is blurred, the hand feels loose, and the size is too large; the drawstring has burrs, and the font is unclear or has no font at all.

Looking at the cigarettes, the stamps, fonts, colors and patterns of real cigarettes are clear, the small stamp numbers are neat and consistent, the cigarettes are evenly overlapped, and the filter length and material meet the requirements. Some famous, high-end cigarettes and foreign cigarettes use acetate fiber filters, which are easier to break. However, the stamps, fonts, colors, patterns, etc. of counterfeit cigarettes may be blurred, the edges may be uneven, the cut tobacco may be too tight or too loose, and the length and material of some filters may not meet the process requirements of authentic cigarettes, and they may be counterfeit. Cigarette filters are mostly made of polypropylene fiber, which is not easy to break.