The penalties for manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes vary depending on the amount of production and sales, as follows:

According to the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China":

< p>Article 140: The crime of producing and selling counterfeit and substandard products. Producers and sellers adulterate or adulterate products, pass off fake products as genuine products, pass off substandard products as good products, or pass off substandard products as qualified products. The sales amount is 50,000 yuan. If the amount exceeds 200,000 yuan, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than 50% but not more than twice the sales amount.

Anyone with a sales amount of more than 200,000 yuan but less than 500,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined not less than 50% but not more than twice the sales amount; if the sales amount is 50% If the amount exceeds 10,000 yuan but does not exceed 2 million yuan, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and shall also be fined not less than 50% but not more than twice the sales amount.

Anyone with a sales amount of more than 2 million yuan shall be sentenced to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 50% but not more than twice the sales amount, or have property confiscated.

Extended information

Identification of counterfeit cigarettes:

Cigarettes, whether soft or hard-packed, are all wrapped with a transparent film. When consumers buy cigarettes, the first thing they come into contact with is the outer packaging. ?

Real cigarette: The plastic film feels smooth to the touch, has good transparency and good gloss. It is a special film. This film is only used for cigarette packaging. When you open it and touch it again, you will feel that the outer packaging film is thinner and softer to the touch. ?

Fake cigarettes: They use a general film with poor luster. If you look at the cigarette box through the film, you will feel that the transparency is poor. When you touch it with your hands, it will feel sluggish. If you touch it again after taking it apart, you will feel this. The film is thicker and harder.

Xishuangbanna Prefecture Public Security Bureau Window-Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China