Although counterfeit cigarettes have their confusing appearance, they can still be distinguished from the aspects of texture, sealing, printing, cigarette arrangement, etc., and the outer packaging of genuine cigarettes is stamped with the monopoly anti-counterfeiting numbers of local tobacco companies. The identification of fake cigarettes can be started from the following aspects:

1. Transparent paper

Genuine cigarettes: Transparent paper has high transparency, good surface gloss, smooth hand feel, crisp sound and machine scratches; Using machine electric soldering iron to heat seal, without glue, showing regular technological characteristics; The transparent paper joints at both ends of the strip box and the small box are in the same direction.

Counterfeit cigarettes: Generally, transparent paper is poor in floor quality, and its transparency and smoothness are not enough. Pushing by hand is relatively slow, and the packaging is loose and soft.

the sealing process at both ends is inconsistent, and it is usually hand-permed or glued, with obvious manual marks.

2. Cable

Genuine cigarette: the cable is printed and colored firmly, the font strokes are clear and complete, and the font spacing is uniform; The wire drawing head has a small machine cut, and the wire drawing head is regular, symmetrical and consistent in width.

Counterfeit cigarettes: sometimes the drawing printing is not well colored, the font strokes are incomplete, and the font spacing is even. In general, the small incision of the wire drawing head machine sometimes leads to irregular beginning and inconsistent width of the wire drawing head.

3. Trademark

Genuine cigarette: the trademark has a shiny surface, uniform color, clear printing, bright bronzing and bright colors; Generally, there are traces of ink being rubbed by machines on trademarks.

counterfeit cigarettes: generally, the bronzing is dim, the color is uneven, the surface gloss is poor, and the printing font is blurred.

4. Sticking and sealing the carton

Genuine cigarettes: the glue dots are uniform and regular in size, and the spacing between the glue dots is equal.

counterfeit cigarettes: the size of the sealing points is not uniform (irregular shape), the spacing of the sealing points is not equal, the glue used does not match the genuine product, and there are obvious manual sealing marks.

5. Recycling of old boxes

refers to repackaging counterfeit cigarettes with transparent paper, trademarks, aluminum foil lining paper and other materials as genuine products. At present, it is more common in high-grade cigarettes, and its counterfeiting method is to re-seal the transparent paper at the boundary between the front face below the box and one end. Identification method: Observe whether the trademark is stained, whether the abrasion at the corners is serious, whether there are traces inconsistent with the process such as secondary sealing and knife cutting, and whether there are creases on the back of the small box flip.

counterfeit cigarettes can also be identified from the aspects of label sealing, cigarette label sticking and sealing technology, tongue paper, filter material, punching and ventilation, steel seal, cigarette rolling direction and so on. Knowledge of distinguishing between true and false cigarettes

There are generally three kinds of counterfeit cigarettes: 1. Handmade cigarettes, 2. Packaged cigarettes, 3. Machine manufacturing.

Method of distinguishing between true and false cigarettes

1. Package: authentic: the cigarette pattern and font are clearly printed, the color is pure, and the color of the trademark pattern is consistent. Transparent paper is clean, smooth and flat. Good transparency, smooth paste.

counterfeiting: the quality of the carton packaging paper is poor and dull, the color of the trademark is uneven, the pattern printing is rough, the font pattern is blurred, the feel is loose, and the size is too large. Transparent paper has poor transparency and wrinkles when pasted.

2. small package: authentic: the transparent paper on the small package is flat, the seal is neat, and the cigarette label, pattern, font and seal stamp are clear.

counterfeiting: the transparent paper on the small package is wrinkled, the seal is uneven, and the steel seal of cigarette label, pattern, font and seal stamp is rough, fuzzy, overlapping, fuzzy, and the color is thick or light.

3. cigarette: authentic: cigarette steel seal, clear font and color pattern, neat and consistent number of small steel seal, flat and even mouth of cigarette, and the length and material of filter meet the requirements (generally, vinegar fiber filter is used for famous and foreign cigarettes, which is easy to break).

counterfeiting: the steel seal, font, color and pattern of cigarettes are blurred, the cigarette butt is uneven, and the cigarettes are too tight or too loose. The length of the filter and the material can't meet the technical requirements of authentic cigarettes (counterfeit cigarettes are made of polypropylene fiber, which is not easy to break).

4. smell: authentic: the cigarette has rich and harmonious aroma, less offensive and irritating smell, and a clean aftertaste. Some brands of cigarettes have unique personality and taste.

Counterfeiting: Counterfeiting cigarettes usually use inferior tobacco leaves, which are odorless without dust removal, disinfection, fermentation and other processes, but have obvious rustic flavor, bitter, spicy, green and fishy flavor.

Identification of "Chinese cigarette"

Authentic strip packaging: The real box strip packaging is gravure printed, with clear printing and uniform color registration without missing edition. The invisible ink-jet anti-counterfeiting mark is used, and the code is sprayed on the upper right side of the front, divided into two lines, and the company logo is added. After packaging, the pattern is centered, the strip packaging is square in shape and firmly attached, and the hard box is opened on the top and has a drawstring; The flexible strip box has a side open cover and no pull wires. Fake products are packed in strips: the trademarks of fake products pretend to be gravure printing, and the color is different from that of standard cigarette boxes. The transparent paper is not flat, straight and even enough (the width of hard box is about 2mm). Packaging sizing is heavy and uneven.

genuine small box: invisible ink-jet anti-counterfeiting mark is adopted, and the code is 12 digits, and the last three digits of the code are the same as the digital steel seal on the cigarette except for a small part. The outer packaging transparent paper shall be firm and neat, the surface shall be undamaged, and the drawstring shall be in good condition (the flexible package has black Chinese special drawstring) and even. The left and right aluminum paper and the small box are glued and sealed into a glue mark, which is splayed after being disassembled. Fake small box: transparent paper packaging is not compact, with wrinkles or pockmarks. The trademark pretends to be gravure printing, the color of the trademark is different, the tongue in the box is easy to fall off, the quality of the aluminum paper lining is rough, and the left and right aluminum paper and the small box are sealed with irregular sheet glue marks.

genuine cigarettes and shredded tobacco: the hard box cigarettes have no perforation and digital steel seal, and the cigarettes are arranged in 776 with hidden car numbers; The soft box is not perforated, and the cigarette has a digital steel seal and a hidden car number. The structure of cut tobacco is: shredded tobacco plus expanded tobacco plus paper sheet. Counterfeit cigarette cut tobacco: the surface of cigarette is unclean, and there is hair residue in the incision. The cut tobacco of cigarette is generally not expanded, and there is no expanded cut tobacco and paper sheet, and the cut tobacco contains hard cut tobacco.

identification of authenticity of "Nanjing cigarette"

genuine carton: the cartons are all imported American cardboard, printed by gravure press, with bright trademark color, accurate overprinter, less color difference, clear printed font and bright luster, and dotted lines on the cartons, which are beneficial to gluing and firm pasting. Transparent paper is packed in heat shrinkable film, which is crisp, docile and transparent. Fake carton: Transparent paper generally has poor texture, insufficient transparency and smoothness, loose packaging and unclean surface. Generally, the rough colors of trademark printing are different, and the packaging sizing is heavy and uneven.

genuine small box: the transparent paper is made of Australian shrink film, and after the facelift with a leveler, the small transparent bag is flat. The trademark has bright color, accurate overprinter, less chromatic aberration, clear printing font and 7-6-7 cigarette arrangement in the small box. The bottom of the box is printed with English letters and Arabic numerals indicating the year, month and machine number. The small box of gold cable is printed with the words "Nanjing Cigarette Factory, Nanjing Brand Special" for laser anti-counterfeiting. Fake small box: transparent paper packaging is not compact, with wrinkles or pockmarks. Imitating the gravure printing trademark, it also looks serrated, but its details, such as epigrams and bar codes, are rough and fuzzy, which is different from the real thing.

genuine cigarettes: tipping paper is a gold red line printed by gravure press (excellent Nanjing is wireless, excellent Nanjing is one line, and special alcohol Nanjing is two lines). The printed gold ink is bright, the red line is clear, unambiguous and the color difference is small. The filter rod has high suction resistance and hardness higher than that of ordinary vinegar fiber rod, and the filter length is 22 mm Counterfeit cigarette: the surface of cigarette is unclean, the incision has hair residue, the length of filter can not meet the requirements of authentic cigarette technology, the ink of cigarette steel seal is used incorrectly, and the printed color is wrong.