1. The difference between handmade counterfeit cigarettes and genuine cigarettes

Small packets: there are regular mechanical friction marks at the transparent joint of genuine cigarettes; However, fake cigarettes are mostly hand-packed, which does not have the characteristics of the above mechanical packaging.

printing: the glue on the back of the real cigarette printing is printed in two regular straight lines, while the glue on the back of the fake cigarette printing is painted with fingers in an irregular shape.

cigarette: the cigarette rolled by machine has friction marks at the joint of cigarette tipping paper (tip paper) and cigarette paper. Look carefully at some small friction highlights; Handmade cigarettes do not exist.

2. The difference between machine-made fake cigarettes and real cigarettes

Packing in boxes: the boxes of real cigarettes are made of imported white cards or the gold card paper, with clear printing, complete patterns, no ink removal and no gold powder removal. The transparent carton is made of imported heat shrinkable film, which is flat, clean, compact and beautiful. Transparent paper is heated and bonded by soldering iron, which is close and firm without obvious wrinkles. However, the cartons of fake cigarettes are mostly printed on white paper, which has poor printing quality, blurred fonts, incomplete, misprinting and overlapping. The transparent paper for fake cigarettes mostly adopts domestic transparent paper, which has poor crease-resistant performance, poor transparency and compact strip penetration.

small box trademark: the small package of real cigarettes has the same pattern as the strip package, with complete and clear words and bright color. However, the printing quality of fake cigarette trademarks is not as good as that of real cigarettes, and the words are gray and light in color, with different shades, mistakes, omissions and overprinting.

aluminum foil paper: the aluminum foil paper of real cigarettes is both produced by regular manufacturers and imported products, with uniform thickness, silvery white and golden luster, with gold and silver powder removed. Fake cigarettes mostly use inferior aluminum foil paper, which is dull in color, rough in surface, not bright and stripped of gold and silver powder.

tipping paper: tipping paper for genuine cigarettes mostly uses imported printed tipping paper, while fake cigarettes mostly use domestic coated tipping paper.

3. Difference of intrinsic quality between real and fake cigarettes

Cut tobacco: The cut tobacco used for real cigarettes is produced by imported equipment, with a width of .9-1.1 mm. After being expanded, the cut tobacco has good curl, high filling value and uniform color; The cut tobacco of fake cigarettes is short and thick, with different widths, high end content, different shades of color and dull luster; Because it is not puffed, the cut tobacco is straight. The stems of real cigarettes are processed by puffing, and the stems of fake cigarettes are thin and flaky, while the stems of fake cigarettes are granular.

smoking: most of the tobacco leaves of fake cigarettes are unfermented, pungent in the throat when they are smoked, with a strong and bitter smell, obvious green miscellaneous taste and bitter aftertaste.

combustion: after the fake cigarette is lit, it is easy to explode and extinguish, and the ash is mostly black. When burning, the ash explodes outward and scatters.

identification method of true and false cigarettes 26-12-12 12:53 China consumes 16 billion cigarettes every year, accounting for 31% of the world's total, and China accounts for 1/3 of the world's young smokers under 16.

The series of national standards for cigarettes have been implemented since January 1, 1997. This series of standards includes:

GB/T 566 1—1996 Cigarette Sampling;

GB/t566 2—1996 cigarette packaging, marking and storage;

GB 566 3—1996 Technical Requirements for Cigarette Rolling;

GB 5664-1996 《 Technical Requirements for Sensory of Cigarette 》;

GB 566 5—1996 《 Chemical Technical Index of Mainstream Smoke and Cut Tobacco 》;

GB 566 6—1996 《 Comprehensive Judgment of Cigarette Quality 》.

This series of standards is applicable to flue-cured cigarettes, blended cigarettes, foreign-flavored cigarettes and cigar-shaped cigarettes.

The sensory quality of cigarettes is divided into three grades: A, B and C. The technical requirements are put forward according to six items: gloss, aroma, harmony, offensive odor, irritation and aftertaste. For example, Grade A of flue-cured cigarettes: glossy and oily, with rich, elegant, full and harmonious aroma, no offensive odor, no irritation, pure and comfortable aftertaste; Grade B: the luster is oily, the aroma is full, slightly rough, harmonious, slightly offensive, slightly irritating, the aftertaste is clean and comfortable; Grade C: dull luster, weak and rough aroma, harmonious, slightly offensive, slightly irritating, clean and comfortable aftertaste.

The quality of cigarette packaging and rolling includes such indicators as carton, strip, box, short position, appearance, bursting, flameout, moisture, weight, circumference, length, absorption resistance, hardness, end content and so on.

mainstream smoke indicators include tar content and nicotine content in smoke. The grade of tar content in cigarettes has been changed from the original standard of high, medium and low to five grades, and from low to high, it is below 12mg／/box, 12 ~ 16mg/box, 16 ~ 19mg/box, 19 ~ 23mg/box and above. It is required to indicate the tar content on the small box packaging, and the measured tar content is ≤ (box label tar content+2 The assessment of nicotine content in smoke (nicotine content in cigarettes) is increased, and this item is required to be marked on the package of cigarette packets, and the error is between-.3 mg/box and .3 mg/box; The contents of flue gas and carbon monoxide are classified into three grades: high, medium and low: below 15mg, 15 ~ 2mg and above 2 mg.

The standard requires that the main chemical components of cut tobacco, that is, the content of water-soluble total sugar, total nitrogen and total plant alkali, should be kept stable, and the content of ammonia alkali should be as low as possible.

the detection of the above-mentioned physical and chemical indexes needs to be carried out by special instruments.

in order to help consumers know the real situation of cigarette composition content in the market, China Consumers Association commissioned relevant units to compare and test tar, smoke carbon monoxide and smoke nicotine (nicotine) content of 3 brands of domestic cigarettes from February to April 2. According to the standards of GB/T 5622-1996 and GB 566 5—1996, the test results are as follows: < P > The particulate matter in the mainstream smoke (referring to the smoke inhaled by people during smoking) produced by tar cigarettes is called tar. Tar content in this test is dry tar, and the lower its content, the less harm it will do to human health. According to the relevant provisions of GB 566 5—1996, the tar content corresponding to tar grade and the assessment scores of the grade are as follows:

tar content grade is low, medium and low, medium and high

tar content, mg/branch < 1212 ~ < 1616 ~ < 19 [] 19 ~ < 23 [] ≥ 23

. The tar content of Huangzhuang brand cigarette is marked as "low", and the measured value is 155 mg/cigarette, which should be within the range of "medium and low" in tar content. The tar content of the other 28 brands is within the standard range.

The average tar content of this test is 16.13 mg/piece. Among them, there are 3 brands with low tar content, 11 brands with medium and low tar content, 11 brands with medium tar content and 5 brands with medium and high tar content. The test results show that the following technologies are adopted by various factories to reduce the tar content in cigarette smoking: using ventilation filter (most enterprises use laser drilling method); Increase the tipping length of tipping paper and put the cigarette brand on tipping paper; Composite filter is adopted, and activated carbon with particularly strong adsorption force is generally added.

carbon monoxide in flue gas carbon monoxide is a harmful component in flue gas. The less carbon monoxide in flue gas, the less harm to human body. The results of this experiment show that the average carbon monoxide content of 3 brands is 12.12 mg/piece, except for one brand which is in the "middle" range, the others are in the "low" range stipulated by the national standard.

Nicotine is a unique alkaloid in tobacco, which can make people dependent on cigarettes. Low dose of Nicotine excites people's spirit, while high dose of nicotine may inhibit and paralyze people's spirit. The results of this experiment show that the measured nicotine content of three brands exceeds the national standard, and the other 27 brands meet the relevant regulations of the standard.

labeling national standard requires that all cigarette products should be labeled with tar content value and nicotine value on strip and box packaging from July 1, 1997. Of the 3 brands tested this time, 25 brands meet this requirement, and 5 brands do not meet the standard requirements.

counterfeit cigarettes should be identified from the appearance and internal quality of cigarettes. From the appearance, one is to make a plate to imitate the cigarette packaging. This kind of packaging is generally illegible in handwriting, incorrect in color, inaccurate in color registration, obvious in version, and the fine parts in the pattern are often rough, so the whole picture is lifeless and easy to identify compared with the original. The other is fake cigarettes in real packaging. For example, the real cigarette wrapping paper discarded during the commissioning of the printing plant is accurate in plate making, but most of the colors are incorrect because of the commissioning. For counterfeit cigarettes made of genuine packaging paper rolls stolen from the National Tobacco Factory, it is necessary to carefully check the packaging of cellophane outside the cigarette case. Regular cigarette factories use automatic equipment to package cellophane, and the packaging machine has the ability of hot pressing. The bonded cellophane is smooth after hot pressing, and it is attached to the paper inside with moderate tightness. Most counterfeit cigarettes are hand-packed cellophane, which is not hot-pressed and uneven. In order to get a smooth surface, it is necessary to pull it tightly, causing the wrapping paper inside to fluctuate. In addition, every cigarette covered with cellophane has an open drawstring, and the exposed end of the genuine drawstring is round, while the fake drawstring is often cut off.

Identification from the intrinsic quality of cigarettes: cigarettes are all produced by machines. They are first rolled into cigarettes, then cut and then fitted with filters. The length and thickness of cigarettes are consistent, and the length and thickness of filters are also consistent. Most counterfeit cigarettes are hand-dropped. Although the length of rolled cigarettes is basically the same, the thickness is different, the tightness is uneven, the cut tobacco at the joint with the filter tip is loose, the length of the filter tip rod is uneven, generally short, and some are only 1/3 of the length of the normal filter tip rod. The weight is out of tolerance, the appearance is untidy and the logo is vague. Steel seal marks shall be clear and complete, with proper position, and shall not be vague, overlapping or incomplete; The steel seal should not be inverted, and the position from the cigarette end should be basically the same, and the deviation should not be greater than 2 mm. The end content of cigarettes should not exceed 5 5%, and fake and inferior cigarettes generally exceed the standard. During the inspection, the cigarette end content tester is used to screen the cut tobacco with known weight under the specified range, and the ratio of the weight of cigarette end to the weight of cut tobacco is the end content. The flammability of cigarettes requires that they should not be turned off when they are ignited and smoldered freely, and the length of free smoldering of cigarettes is 4 mm The test sample should be balanced for 24h in an environment with a temperature of 22 2℃ and a relative humidity of 6% 2%, and 1 cigarettes with good balance should be horizontally inserted into the smoldering rack of cigarettes. After lighting, the cigarettes are smoldering for 4mm, and all 1 cigarettes are qualified without flameout. Fake and inferior cigarettes have poor combustibility. Because they are processed with inferior cigarettes or dyed with chemical pigments, or even mixed with loess, they smell spicy or fishy and musty, and the cut tobacco is uneven in width. Serious porosity, excessive moisture, mildew, explosion and flameout are the general characteristics of the external quality of inferior cigarettes.

In p>1998, 1 million counterfeit cigarettes entered the market nationwide, 2.5 million more than the previous year, half of which were produced in Yunxiao, Fujian. At present, in China's cigarette market, on the one hand, the sales of fake cigarettes skyrocketed, and on the other hand, the inventory of a large number of genuine cigarette manufacturers soared and the price plummeted. As of December 1998, the national tobacco industry experienced a negative growth of 5 percentage points for the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Due to the proliferation of counterfeit cigarettes, the national finance loses 4 million yuan every year.

Recently, some counterfeit cigarettes have been found, and there is no obvious difference between them in appearance and general internal quality. This can only be identified by sensory evaluation and comparison of the genuine product and the tested sample at the same time. Each kind of cigarette has its own unique typical style by its color, fragrance and taste, and is familiar to smokers. It has become an important means to judge the authenticity by the existence or different degrees of this typical style.

In terms of manufacturing methods, counterfeit cigarettes can be roughly divided into three categories:

The first category is hand-made counterfeit cigarettes. Manufacturers use raw tobacco shreds, cigarette scraps or homemade tobacco shreds to make counterfeit genuine cigarettes by hand. This kind of counterfeit cigarettes is easy to identify because of its poor appearance and internal quality. This kind of fake cigarette is the most harmful to human health because of the poor quality of cut tobacco, rough manufacturing process and some cut tobacco that has been chemically dyed.

the second kind is counterfeit cigarettes made by machines. This kind of cigarettes are usually fake cigarettes smuggled in from abroad or illegally manufactured by mainland "underground cigarette factories". This kind of counterfeit cigarette often has its own formula and relatively complete technology and equipment. Although there are many differences compared with the authentic product, its appearance quality is usually very similar to the authentic product, which makes consumers easily deceived. There are a large number of counterfeit cigarettes, which is the main form of counterfeit cigarettes at present.

the third type is counterfeit cigarettes that are manually repackaged. Using cigarettes with the same specification and brand (such as defective cigarettes or low-grade cigarettes) or different brands, the original wrapping paper is removed by manual operation and converted into grades or higher-priced brands. Such as "Yunyan" and "Camellia" modified from inferior cigarettes, full-package "Peony" modified from simple peony, and "Huang Hongmei" modified from "Bai Hongmei". [BF]

1. "Hongtashan"

According to the market spot check, there are many counterfeit Yunyan, especially the famous brand "Hongtashan" cigarettes in recent years. The cigarette "Hongtashan" produced by Yuxi Tobacco Factory in Yunnan has four specifications: 84mm and 94mm hard box clamshell and 84mm and 94mm soft box. Market spot checks found that 84mm soft boxes were the most counterfeit products. The main points of identification are as follows:

1. Strip packing: the inside of strip packing and hard box has uniformly distributed colored fibers. In Chinese and English, the brand name of the strip is overprinted in red Phnom Penh, and the main pattern of "Hongtashan" is printed with golden peaks and clouds as a foil. In Chinese and English, "Produced by Yuxi Cigarette Factory in China" is marked in black regular script font. Recently, the product is pressed out with an anti-counterfeiting logo in the upper left corner. The picture is as follows: it is clearly visible when irradiated with strong light.

The black bar code number on the package is as follows:

84mm soft package 1 package (filter cigarette)

691284729

84mm hard package 1 package (hard package filter cigarette)

691284763

94mm soft package 1 package (length

691284743

94mm hard pack with 1 strips (long hard pack filter cigarettes)

69128475

Hongtashan products are produced by the internationally advanced modern assembly line of winding, splicing and wrapping, and the packaging of small bags and strips is regular, with clear lines and fixed external dimensions. The drawstring is self-sealing glue, and the shape of the drawstring is semicircular except that the 94mm hard box is straight, and other drawstrings (including 84mm hard box, soft box and 94mm soft box) are semicircular.