In the early days of the founding of New China, tobacco products were mainly cut tobacco and 7S paperback cigarettes. The packaging of cut tobacco was done by hand, and the trademark was small square label. Most of the cigarette equipments are semi-automatic simple paperback cigarette maker and simple semi-automatic direct packaging machine. One end of the small packet of trademark paper has a tear about one centimeter long, which is left by the cigarette separating needle that separates the cigarette label when directly packaging. In the middle and late 195s, the tobacco industry began to use the new China paperback cigarette machine, and the strips were all finished by hand, and the labels of the strips were attached to the seals on both sides. At that time, the trademark design was simple, with less color registration and rough printing; Simple moisture-proof paper is used for moisture-proof in the small bag, and the shelf life is short.
in the middle and late 195s, the national tobacco industry began to implement public-private partnership, and the people's government increased its investment and transformation in the tobacco industry. The new 81S filter-tip cigarettes were very popular with consumers. At that time, the cigarette equipment was mainly the clamp-type joint machine and the simple straight-package packaging machine matched with the new China cigarette machine, and the wrapping paper in the small packet was made of aluminum foil paper for moisture-proof packaging, which prolonged the shelf life of the product. Printing technology has been greatly improved, and multi-color overprinter makes the trademark of the product more exquisite.
in the 196s, the national tobacco industry implemented a grand alliance, and all cigarette production units were marked with "China Tobacco Industry Company", and the factory name was printed on the seal or on the side of the trademark. In the mid-196s, the technological transformation of most factories was stopped, and many cigarette brands were named after the slogan of "Cultural Revolution", and the labels of "All Red" and "Quotations" appeared one after another.
in the late 197s after the end of the "Cultural Revolution", the country gradually implemented the policy of reform and opening up, and the tobacco industry began to introduce foreign advanced cigarette equipment, such as MK8 cigarette unit and AMF-3 packaging unit produced in Britain, and the single machine production speed increased from 1 cigarettes/minute to 3 cigarettes/minute. At the same time, domestic YJ13 packaging machines and other equipment have also been introduced, and the automation level of cigarette production has been continuously improved. For example, the cigarette production is changed from cigarette making machine and cigarette connecting machine to one unit (YJ14 cigarette unit); Small packet packaging is changed from straight packaging to horizontal packaging (which can be distinguished from the shape of cigarette labels and the crease direction on old cigarette labels); The strip packaging technology was changed from manual packaging to mechanized production. The packaging technology realized the on-line production of small package machine, small package transparent machine, strip package machine and strip package transparent machine (AMF3 packaging unit), and the packaging production automation was initially realized.
In cigarette label printing, with the application of color printing technology, cigarette label patterns become colorful. Because it was the joint period of cigarette production at that time, the brands of various cigarette factories could exchange production with each other, so the same brand would be produced by several cigarette factories. For example, the "Fengshou" brand cigarettes produced by Guangzhou No.1 Cigarette Factory can see the cigarette labels produced by Guangzhou No.1 Cigarette Factory, Guangzhou No.2 Cigarette Factory, Meizhou Cigarette Factory and Guangzhou Cigarette General Factory. The factory name label has gradually returned to front printing.
since 198s, the country has fully implemented the policy of reform and opening-up, cigarette enterprises have taken the lead, and the pace of introducing equipment has been accelerating. Cigarette machines range from MK8 to MK95 and super MK95 in Britain, LOF3 and LOGA6 to PROTOS in France; Packaging machines range from AMF3 in Britain to SASIB6, GDX1 and GDX2 in Italy. The machine speed is increased from 3 to 1.
the change of packaging technology is changing with each passing day. From the appearance changes of cigarette labels, we can see that the horizontal corner-cutting trademark packaging of soft bags is mainly AMF unit and SASIB packaging unit; The soft package horizontal right-angle trademark packaging mainly consists of GDX1 and BE packaging units, which are characterized in that the trademark paper is separated by vacuum, and the trademark paper has no tear. Hard box packaging mainly includes domestic Tianjin YB41 packaging unit and GDX2 packaging unit. With the introduction of complete sets of tobacco conveying equipment, filter transmitter, packing machine and other equipment, the packaging methods are all horizontal packaging and hard box packaging; On-line production of cigarette machine and packaging machine makes the process of cigarette production complete from cut tobacco to packing and warehousing at one time, and the technological process of cigarette production is fully automated. The cigarette industry has entered a period of rapid development.
in the packaging and decoration design of cigarette labels, various factories vigorously explore local themes, design famous people, folklore, geography, landscapes, trees, flowers and birds and other characteristic cultures on cigarette labels, and adopt various technologies such as color matching, laser and anti-counterfeiting to try their best to attract consumers' attention and seize the consumer market.
In terms of the change of the intrinsic quality of cigarettes, we can see that with the increasing awareness of "smoking is harmful to health", the tar content and nicotine content of cigarettes in various tobacco factories are developing in the direction of low harm. From the cigarette labels of the same brand in different periods, we can see that the contents of the above two indicators are declining, and low-harm cigarettes are loved by people.