No. Because they were worried that tobacco inspectors would use the barcodes of real cigarettes as clues to trace them, they sold them with scratch codes.

1-5 digits represent the delivery time: the 1st digit represents the year, the 2nd and 3rd digits represent the month, and the 4th and 5th digits represent the date;

6 -14 digits are the cigarette code segment (the last 9 digits of the random code on the cigarette box);

15-16 digits are the sequence code (between 01-50);

17- The 20 digits are corporate information (can be Arabic numerals or corporate pinyin codes). For example, the code segment of Changsha Tobacco is (CSYC***);

The 21-32 digits are the retail license code.

Some unscrupulous cigarette dealers, worried that tobacco inspectors will use the real cigarette barcode as a clue to trace, will scratch off the real cigarette barcode, making it impossible to identify which cigarette dealer the cigarette came from.

Compared with the bar codes of real cigarettes, the following points of identification are:

1. The bar codes of fake cigarettes are not completed in one time

The bar codes of real cigarettes are one-time completion The code is scanned instantly, while the counterfeit cigarette barcode is completed multiple times, and some are even completed word by word.

For fake cigarettes, the digital barcodes on both sides are scanned first, then the two ends of the transparent paper are sealed and packaged, and finally the digital barcode in the middle part is scanned in. Since the middle part is not covered by transparent paper, it is different from both sides. There is a big difference in color and gloss, and there is an obvious bumpy feeling to the touch. However, the digital codes on both sides are covered with transparent paper, so there is no such feeling.

2. Asymmetry of fake cigarette barcodes

Although there may be a slight deviation in the real cigarette barcode due to speed or temperature during the scanning process, overall 32 The upper and lower lines of barcodes are parallel and symmetrical, and the fonts are consistent. Fake cigarette barcodes are prone to asymmetry, non-parallel, and even different fonts.

3. The numbering of counterfeit cigarette barcodes is confusing

For real cigarettes, the first five digits in the first row show the year, month, day and time. The last two digits in the first row are usually between Between 01-50. The counterfeit cigarette barcode may have omissions here. As shown in the fake cigarette in the picture, the last two digits in the first row are 86, which does not meet the barcode characteristics of real cigarettes.

4. The regional pinyin abbreviation of fake cigarette barcodes sometimes does not match the corresponding area code

This is also an easily overlooked aspect of fake cigarette barcodes, which requires inspectors to be familiar with and verify The regional pinyin abbreviation and corresponding region code on the cigarette barcode are very important.

Imitate the code of Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province. The first four abbreviations in the second row are the pinyin for Xinyu Tobacco, but the following numbers are the code of 3603 (Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province), not Jiangxi The code of Xinyu City in the province is 3605.

5. The mystery of fake cigarette barcodes

Some unscrupulous cigarette dealers are worried that tobacco inspectors will use real cigarette barcodes as clues to trace, so they will scratch off the real cigarette barcodes, making them unrecognizable. Which cigarette dealer did the cigarette come from? Counterfeiters have also seized on the mentality of some people that the cigarettes whose barcodes have been scratched off may be genuine cigarettes sold illegally by cigarette dealers, and have also scratched the barcodes on counterfeit cigarettes.

But what real cigarette dealers often scratch off are the key numbers and letters before and after the second row. You can only see the code of Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province in front of the second row, but not the cigarette dealer code.

In order to cover up the defects of counterfeit cigarette barcodes, all the barcodes may be scratched and rendered unrecognizable.

Some real cigarette barcodes will not look clear because the color of the trademark paper or the anti-counterfeiting mark is in the same position as the scanned barcode. For counterfeit cigarette barcodes, a clear barcode is usually left on the box in a position that does not conflict with the color and anti-counterfeiting markings. Although the counterfeit cigarette barcode counterfeiting technology on the market is constantly being updated, as long as you carefully observe and compare, the counterfeiters will definitely have holes and nowhere to hide.