"Zhonghua" brand cigarettes are flue-cured Grade A brand-name cigarettes produced by Shanghai Cigarette Factory. This product has been awarded the title of high-quality product by Shanghai Municipality and the Ministry of Light Industry for many times. In 1998, it won the National Quality Product Gold Award and is used as the main cigarette for national foreign affairs. It is one of the 13 famous cigarettes that the country took the lead in liberalizing prices.

(1) Appearance identification

1. Trademark: The genuine trademark of Zhonghua brand cigarettes uses Tiananmen as the main pattern, the pattern on the back is Huabiao, and a barcode is printed on one side. The hard package is 69010408 ( 84mm hard box with flip cover), the soft bag is 69010415 (84mm soft horizontal bag), the theme color is dark red, Tiananmen and the name of the brand in English and Chinese regular script (gold with white frame), and the gold wires at both ends are anodized aluminum hot stamping. The black barcode and bold letters sign the factory name. The packaging is flat, the appearance is crisp, and the sealing is flat and firm.

2. Packed in strips: dark red base, white frame on four sides, anodized aluminum stamping Tiananmen on the front, blank Chinese characters, Chinese watch on the back, blank English characters, 50 pieces. The black barcode on one side is 6901028075015 (clamshell hard box), 6901028075022 (soft horizontal bag). Strip packaging transparent paper has a low friction coefficient, smooth hand feel and good gloss. The transparent paper used in fake cigarette packaging has a large friction coefficient, is sluggish and has poor gloss. There is a large gap between the fake cigarette carton and the transparent paper of the carton, especially the obvious difference at both ends of the carton. The strips are made of gold wire without letters, and the wire head is semicircular, and it is pulled clockwise, while the shape of the fake cigarette wire head is irregular. The transparent paper is glued to the side with the barcode, parallel to the edge, in a straight line, and uniform in width, while the fake cigarettes are uneven, not straight, and uneven. The bar box adopts European style top opening lid. The inside of the upper right corner of the transparent paper of the strip box adopts automatic inkjet invisible anti-counterfeiting technology. The anti-counterfeiting mark is purple-blue under a purple light. The anti-counterfeiting mark adopts a group pattern, with two letters prefixed by the Chinese pinyin, and ten digits (divided into two lines), which represent the production date, shift number, and vehicle number.

For recycled old strip boxes, when identifying, pay attention to the fact that there are often signs of wear and stains at the corners, or signs of being sealed twice or resealed after being removed.

3. Small box packaging: The transparent paper feels smooth and has good gloss, and fake cigarettes will not stick to your hands. The box has no letters on the pull cord, the pull cord head is square, and the pull cord is pulled clockwise. The fake cigarettes are irregular. The transparent paper should be glued to the side of the barcode with the aphorism, and the glue should be flat, straight and even. The anti-counterfeiting mark is on the lower edge of the front of the box, on the inside of the transparent paper in the lower right corner of "Produced by Shanghai Cigarette Factory, China". Except for being arranged in a row and without a group pattern, it is consistent with the anti-counterfeiting technology and content of the carton. After the small box is opened, there are regular glue lines on the left and right sides, while the fake cigarettes are in the shape of sheets. There is a glue line on the left and right sides of the small box and the lining paper, which is in a figure eight shape, and two glue lines on the front and back. The fake cigarettes are in the form of non-stick glue or irregular sheets. The original glue mark is transparent glue, now dyed black. There is a two-digit alphanumeric password stamped on the bottom of the small box, which represents the year, month, and vehicle number.

(2) Cigarette quality identification

1. The cigarette is plump, with a smooth surface and moderate tightness. The red Chinese and English stamps and the golden Huabiao steel seal are clear and complete. There is a red code printed on the other end of the cigarette (export products have no code).

2. Cut tobacco is composed of cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco, and a small amount of cut stems. It is golden or orange in color and has an oily luster. The expanded cut tobacco uses the carbon dioxide dry ice expansion method, and the quantity ratio is 5%-8%. Pour the cut tobacco into the acetone solution. The floating cut tobacco is the expanded stem, while the fake cigarette has no floating cut tobacco.

3. The order of cigarettes is 7, 7, 6, while fake cigarettes are generally 7, 6, 7. The length, circumference, appearance, and stamp of the cigarette are standardized, and the cigarette does not have a small size; the fake cigarettes are irregular and have a small size.

(2) Color, aroma and sensory characteristics

Genuine cut tobacco is golden in color, has an oily luster, has a rich and harmonious aroma, is gentle on the throat, and has a pure and comfortable aftertaste. The fake cigarettes have poor aroma, bitter smell and strong miscellaneous gas. It's irritating and the aftertaste is not clean.

(3) Main physical and chemical indicators

The total sugar content of the authentic product is 22%-23%; the total nicotine content is 1.1%-1.3%; the smoke nicotine content is 1.0-1.3mg/ stick; smoke tar content is 17-20mg/stick

The key to identifying Chinese cigarettes is mainly to see whether the last digit of ! is consistent, that is: the last digit of the anti-counterfeiting mark on the box, the anti-counterfeiting mark on the small box The last digit, a letter printed on the bottom of the box and the last digit of the two-digit number, are the three numbers the same.