There are many varieties of cigarettes on the market now. With so many varieties, do you know which ones are real and which ones are fake? What methods and techniques should you master to identify them? The following is what I have compiled for you. I hope it can help you distinguish between genuine and fake cigarettes in Hetianxia.
?Hetianxia? Identifying real and fake cigarettes
Comparison of trademark paper patterns: The design of the front and back of the authentic small box is derived from the top-quality silk silk of the Han Dynasty unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha. The Chengyun embroidery shown on the silk uses vertical stripes that are rare in the market, presenting a three-dimensional effect pattern of "Crane and auspicious clouds". On the left edge of the three words "He Tian Xia", there are six small words laser-engraved on the left edge: "The purpose of rituals and for". Gui?, the color is consistent with the main color of the trademark paper; fake cigarettes mostly use imitation technology such as high-definition scanning and photography, and the pattern color, vertical stripes, and fake cigarette models are printed. The font color is dark black and there are many font defects, which is different from the genuine trademark. There is a noticeable difference in the paper patterns.
Comparison of the special banknote thread anti-counterfeiting technology on the top of the small box: The top of the authentic small box adopts the banknote thread anti-counterfeiting technology with the same effect as the RMB. It is woven together by countless cross-cut anti-counterfeiting thin threads. The ink is thick and the cross-lines are The root is clear and intact; the fake cigarette uses scanning and copying technology, and its cross lines cannot clearly and completely see each thin line, which is obviously different from the genuine anti-counterfeiting technology.
Comparison of laser holographic anti-counterfeiting technology at the bottom of the small box: The bottom of the authentic small box adopts laser holographic anti-counterfeiting technology. The three words "He Tianxia" are laser positioned and hot stamped. The font is prominent and full, and the golden part is composed of countless arrangements. It is composed of micro Pinyin letters, and different color effects will appear when switching different angles; fake cigarettes are rough in imitation, and the fonts are discolored and incomplete, but there is no color change when switching different angles, which is obviously different from the genuine laser holographic anti-counterfeiting technology.
Comparison of shredded tobacco structure: Genuine shredded tobacco is selected from Zimbabwe, Brazil and domestic top tobacco leaves as raw materials. The color is golden yellow, the leaves have good oiliness, uniform width, and contain a small amount of expanded stems; the color of fake tobacco It is light, with leaves of varying widths, many stems and shreds, and a structure that is obviously different from genuine tobacco.
Look at the name.
In the words "He Tianxia" on the cigarette box of real cigarettes, there are vertical lines in the font strokes, but there are no vertical lines in the font strokes of fake cigarettes.
Look at the warning words
The hot stamping overprinting of the warning words on the real cigarettes is accurate and clear; the hot stamping overprinting on the fake cigarettes is biased and has multiple images.
Look at the quantity label on the cigarette box
Real cigarettes use ultra-fine lines to prevent counterfeiting, with clear stripes at the intersections and no adhesion; fake cigarettes have rough printing at the ultra-fine lines and adhesion at the intersections ,Vague. A complete guide to identifying real and fake cigarettes
Look at the trademarks and transparent paper
All real cigarettes have the same trademarks on the packs and packets. The patterns and writing are clear and concave and convex, and can be touched out by hand. Obvious feeling. The printing of fake cigarette patterns is rough, the colors are different, the handwriting is unclear, some letters are incomplete, and there are errors and omissions in Chinese pinyin and English.
Transparent paper is a film for cigarettes. The transparent paper of real cigarettes has high transparency from the outside. The plastic film is thin and bright, and the surface gloss is good. It feels smooth, soft and elastic when touched by hand. The film feels thinner and different from that of cigarettes. The plates inside are very flat and tight together.
On the other hand, fake cigarettes generally have a poor transparent paper texture, insufficient transparency and smoothness, and use a general film, which is thicker and not bright enough. The inner wrapping paper is also uneven. If you look at the cigarette box through the film, it will appear. It feels less transparent and feels sluggish when touched and pushed. If you touch it again after taking it apart, you will feel that the film is thicker and harder.
Look at the cigarette box and glue mark
The small pack of real cigarettes is packed with transparent paper, and the pull cord head is in the shape of a small platform, and the glue is strong and flat. The transparent paper of fake cigarettes is uneven and loose, and the pull tabs are generally flat-shaped, and most of them have no tabs.
Open the cigarette box. Depending on the machine used by the manufacturer, the glue marks produced are regular. They are generally vertical rows, vertical rows of small dots, or diagonal rows of small dots. The glue on handmade fake cigarettes is usually applied by hand and has no regular shape. The cigarettes made by machines have a single glue mark and are difficult to match with the machines of regular manufacturers. They look different.
Barcodes and reading codes
The barcodes of cigarettes can be queried by entering the China Product Information Verification Center.
The barcode of real cigarettes is clear and complete. If you observe it with a magnifying glass, you will find that the shape of the barcode is irregular and tooth-shaped;
Many of the barcodes of fake cigarettes are black straight lines, and some barcodes have broken lines. Many mid- to high-end cigarettes have some subtle anti-counterfeiting marks on the outer packaging of each genuine product, which can be clearly identified if you look closely.
To buy cigarettes, smokers must go to a store with a tobacco retail license. Tobacco companies implement a "one household, one code" cigarette supply system, and each store has its own cigarette code. The entire package of real cigarettes will have a laser-printed code (two rows) when it is shipped out of the warehouse. The first 4 digits of the second row (16 digits) of the code are consistent with the last 4 digits of the store's tobacco specialty retail license number. , and the code has a three-dimensional feel that can be felt by touching it.
Tobacco and ash
All regular cigarettes have neat filter cuts and no stubble, the rolled cigarettes are even in thickness, moderate in softness and hardness, and the steel seal, machine number and month are clearly written. The position of the cigarette is neat up and down, the surface of the cigarette is clean, and there is no smoke residue at the mouth.
Real smoked tobacco has a natural color, good gloss, and oily feel. Since the tobacco stems are not easy to burn and are easy to flameout, regular manufacturers puff the tobacco stems during production to make them burn quietly without flameout. ;
Fake cigarette cut tobacco is cigarette scraps or unprocessed inferior products. In order to confuse consumers, sulfur smoking and hydrogen peroxide decolorization are generally used. Although the cut tobacco appears yellow and bright, if you look closely, you will find the color of the cut tobacco. It is darker and has a rough surface. Because the proportion of chlorine and potassium contained in the cut tobacco is unbalanced and the cut stems are not puffed, it affects the combustibility of the cigarette.
Generally, when smokers see white ash after smoking, they think it is a good smoke. In fact, this is also a misunderstanding. In fact, the color of cigarette ash is affected by the dryness of the tobacco leaves. When the tobacco leaves are dry, the ash will appear gray-white after burning. Otherwise, it will be darker and difficult to smoke.
To determine whether a cigarette is genuine or fake from the ash, you should observe during burning to see if there are more tobacco stems in the shredded tobacco. When more tobacco stems appear, the cigarette may be fake.