According to Article 19 of the "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", cigarettes, cigars and packaged cut tobacco must apply for trademark registration. Without approval and registration, they shall not be produced or sold.

It is prohibited to produce and sell tobacco products that counterfeit other people’s registered trademarks.

Article 32 Anyone who operates the retail business of tobacco products without a tobacco monopoly retail license shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop operating the retail business of tobacco products, confiscate the illegal gains, and impose a fine.

Article 33 Whoever produces or sells cigarettes, cigars, or packaged tobacco without a registered trademark shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop production and sales, and shall be fined.

Whoever produces or sells tobacco products that counterfeit other people’s registered trademarks shall be ordered by the industrial and commercial administration department to stop the infringement, compensate the infringer for losses, and may also be fined; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

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According to Article 34 of the "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", violation of the provisions of Article 20 of this Law, illegal printing of tobacco products If there is a trademark logo, the industrial and commercial administrative department shall destroy the printed trademark logo, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine.

Article 35 If the reselling of tobacco monopoly products constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law; if the circumstances are minor and do not constitute a crime, the industrial and commercial administrative department shall confiscate the resold tobacco monopoly products and illegal gains, and may and impose a fine.

If staff of tobacco monopoly administrative departments and tobacco companies take advantage of their positions to commit the crime in the preceding paragraph, they shall be severely punished in accordance with the law.

Article 20 Tobacco product trademarks and logos must be printed by enterprises designated by the provincial industrial and commercial administration departments; non-designated enterprises are not allowed to print tobacco product trademarks and logos.