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Legal provisions on counterfeit tobacco
Legal analysis: counterfeiting another person's registered trademark is an act of infringing on the exclusive right of another person's registered trademark. Article 20 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law stipulates that cigarettes, cigars and packaged cut tobacco must apply for trademark registration. Without registration, they may not be produced or sold. It is forbidden to produce and sell tobacco products that counterfeit the registered trademarks of others.

Legal basis: Article 33 of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) produces and sells cigarettes, cigars and packaged cut tobacco without registered trademarks, and the administrative department for industry and commerce shall order them to stop producing and selling and impose a fine. Whoever produces or sells tobacco products with counterfeit registered trademarks of others shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the infringement, compensate the infringed for the losses and may also be fined; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.