This cigarette is Korean Yalu River cigarette, and the bottom English meaning in Figure 1 is: Korean Yalu River cigarette factory.

Figure 2: tar content 1mg, nicotine content .9mg

6993:212 means the serial number of cigarettes, indicating the 6993rd box of cigarettes produced in 212.

1 Differences between Chinese and Korean cigarette packaging Due to the influence of Korean national conditions and traditional cultural customs, cigarette names, trademark patterns, packaging colors, characters and symbols used and materials are quite different from Chinese cigarette trademarks.

1.1 cigarette name: people's names cannot be used as cigarette trademark names, which is the same as that in China, but the Korean trademark law also stipulates that plant names cannot be used as cigarette trademark names;

1.2 trademark patterns: the use of patterns is the same as that in China, and patterns with strong political colors (such as national flag, party flag, party emblem, etc.), monument patterns (bronze statue of Maxima, Arc de Triomphe, main idea tower), object patterns involving history and historical figures, religious patterns, Arabic numerals and other patterns cannot be used on cigarette trademarks.

1.3 packaging color: in China, red represents auspiciousness, jubilation, enthusiasm, boldness, passion, fighting spirit and revolution. However, in North Korea, red is easily associated with revolution and has a strong political color, so red is rarely used in cigarette trademarks, but yellow, white and blue are mostly used.

1.4 text symbols: the fonts should be Korean fonts allowed by the Korean government, but not Korean or English fonts, and words such as "health care", "safety", "mild" and "best" cannot be used. The difference between tar content and nicotine content in Chinese cigarettes and Korean cigarettes is shown in the following figure: Korean cigarette trademark "tar content" and "nicotine content in cigarette smoke" must be followed by a space, which is different from the use of colon in China, and the unit symbol should be written as "mg" instead of "mg". 5. Materials used: Due to the low market price of Korean cigarettes, in the selection of packaging materials, some soft packages are low-grade products, coated paper is used, hard packages are medium-to-high-grade products, and white cardboard is mostly used. Except for some high-grade products, laser cards, gold cards and other materials are rarely used. It should be said that at this point, it is more environmentally friendly than Chinese cigarette trademarks. Another example is the "Dawn" cigarette in North Korea. The standard color of cigarette case design is red, the traditional red color. Against the background of traditional colors, the design of cigarette cases is more exquisite and atmospheric, in which the pattern is the most beautiful moment when the sun is about to rise. The Korean national character calligraphy trademark-LeoMyuong, produced by Pyongyang Cigarette Factory, not only has a bar code but also a health warning, which is more international.