1-5 digits represent the delivery time: the 1st digit represents the year, the 2nd and 3rd digits represent the month, and the 4th and 5th digits represent the date;

6 -14 digits are the cigarette code segment (the last 9 digits of the random code on the cigarette box);

15-16 digits are the sequence code (between 01-50);

17- The 20 digits are corporate information (can be Arabic numerals or corporate pinyin codes). For example, the code segment of Changsha Tobacco is (CSYC***);

The 21-32 digits are the retail license code.

Since the real cigarettes in stick packs on the market basically have barcodes, this also forces counterfeiters to imitate them, so that some fake cigarettes in stick packs also have barcodes. The ones seized from the current market have barcodes. Judging from the fake cigarettes, compared with the real cigarette barcodes, there are the following identification points. Extended information

1: The upper and lower numbers are asymmetrical

The 32-digit upper and lower lines of the real cigarette barcode are parallel and symmetrical, and the fonts are consistent. Fake cigarette barcodes are prone to asymmetry, non-parallel, and even different fonts.

2: Number writing is confusing

For example, the 16th and 17th digits are greater than 50, or 00. Congratulations. In fact, consumers can enter information on the cigarette barcode query system to query. When buying cigarettes, you can check the authenticity of the cigarettes by calling the self-service inquiry hotline set up by the local Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. Choose self-service and enter the 18-digit cigarette anti-counterfeiting barcode to know the authenticity of the cigarettes you purchased.

China Cigarette Network-The meaning of cigarette barcode information, the date of cigarette barcode and the method of identifying authenticity