The products are distinguished from aspects such as texture, sealing, printing, and arrangement of cigarettes. The outer packaging of genuine cigarettes is marked with the local tobacco company’s exclusive anti-counterfeiting numbers. You can start from the following aspects to identify fake cigarettes:

1. Transparent paper

Genuine cigarettes: Transparent paper has high transparency, good surface gloss, smooth feel, crisp sound, and has a machine Scratches; heat-sealing with a machine electric soldering iron without glue, showing regular craftsmanship characteristics; the transparent paper openings at both ends of the box and small box are in the same direction.

Counterfeit cigarettes: Generally, transparent paper has poor texture, lack of transparency and smoothness, is difficult to push when pushed by hand, and has loose and soft packaging;

The sealing process at both ends is inconsistent, and generally used Manually ironed or sealed with glue, there are obvious traces of handwork.

2. Pull thread

Genuine cigarettes: The pull thread printing is solidly colored, the font strokes are clear and complete, and the font spacing is uniform; the pull thread head has small machine incisions, and the pull thread head is symmetrical and consistent in width.

Counterfeit cigarettes: The string printing is sometimes not colored firmly, the font strokes are incomplete, and the font spacing is even. Generally, the thread-drawing head machine has small incisions, and sometimes the opening of the thread-drawing head is irregular, the width does not match, etc.

3. Trademark

Genuine cigarettes: The surface of the trademark is shiny, evenly colored, clear in printing, bright in bronzing, and relatively bright; there are usually traces of ink being rubbed by machines on the trademark.

Counterfeit cigarettes: Generally, the bronzing is dull, the coloring is uneven, the surface gloss is poor, and the printed characters are blurry.

4. Stick and box sealing

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

Counterfeit cigarettes: The sizes of the sealing points are inconsistent (irregular shapes), the spacing between the sealing points is unequal, the glue used does not match the genuine product and there are obvious traces of manual sealing.

5. Recycling of old boxes

It means that the transparent paper, trademark, aluminum foil lining paper and other materials are genuine, and counterfeit cigarettes are repackaged by knife cutting and other methods. Currently, there are many Appearing in high-end cigarettes, the most counterfeiting method is to cut the transparent paper at the boundary between the front and one end of the carton and re-glue it. Identification method: Observe whether the trademark is stained, whether the corners are seriously worn, whether there are any traces of secondary sealing, knife cuts, etc. that are inconsistent with the workmanship, and whether there are creases on the back of the small box flip cover.

Counterfeit cigarettes can also be identified from aspects such as seals, cigarette label sticking and sealing techniques, tongue paper, filter tip materials, perforation and ventilation, steel stamps, and cigarette rolling direction. Knowledge on identifying true and false cigarettes

There are generally three types of counterfeit cigarettes: 1. Handmade cigarettes, 2. Repackaged cigarettes, 3. Machine-made.

How to identify true and false cigarettes

1. Bundle: Authentic: the cigarette pattern and font are clearly printed, the color is pure, and the trademark pattern matches the color. Transparent paper is clean, smooth and flat. Good transparency and smooth pasting.

Counterfeit: The box wrapping paper is of poor quality and dull, the trademark color is uneven, the pattern printing is rough, the font and pattern are blurred, the hand feels 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 smooth, 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, the cigarette label, pattern, font, and seal printing stamp are rough and blurred, there are overlapping images, the stamp is blurred, and the color is thick or light.

3. Cigarettes: Authentic: The cigarettes are stamped with clear fonts, colors and patterns, the small stamp numbers are neat and consistent, the cigarette overlap is flat and even, and the length and material of the filter tip meet the requirements (generally famous and high-quality cigarettes) The external smoke adopts acetate fiber filter, which is easier to break).

Counterfeiting: The stamp, font, color, and pattern of the cigarette are blurred, the cigarette joint is uneven, and the cigarette is too tight or too loose. The length and material of the filter tip do not meet the craftsmanship requirements of authentic cigarettes (counterfeit cigarettes use polypropylene fiber, which is not easy to break).

4. Smoking taste: Authentic: The aroma of cigarettes is rich and harmonious, with less odor and irritating smell, and a clean aftertaste. Some brands of cigarettes have unique and personalized smoking smells.

Counterfeit: Counterfeit cigarettes usually use low-quality tobacco leaves that have not undergone dust removal, disinfection, fermentation and other processes. They have no fragrance, but have obvious earthy, bitter, spicy and green smells and aromas.

Identification of the authenticity of "Zhonghua Cigarettes"

Authentic strip packaging: The genuine box strips are printed with gravure printing, clear printing, uniform color registration and no leakage, and use invisible inkjet anti-counterfeiting marks , spray code with 12 digits, spray it on the upper right side of the front, divide it into two lines and add the logo. After packaging, the pattern is centered. The shape of the strip is square and firmly pasted. The hard strip box has a top opening lid and a pull cord; the soft strip box has a side Open cover, no pull cord. Fake stick packaging: The fake stick packaging trademark is pretending to be gravure printing, the color is different from the standard cigarette carton box, and the transparent paper sealing is not flat, straight, and even enough (the sealing width of the hard box is about 20mm). Packaging sizing is heavy and uneven.

Authentic small box: Use invisible inkjet anti-counterfeiting mark, 12-digit inkjet code, one line on the lower front, the last three digits of the inkjet code are the same as the digital stamp on the cigarette except for a small part. The transparent outer packaging paper is firmly attached and clean, with no damage on the surface, and the drawstrings are intact (the soft packaging has special drawstrings with Chinese characters in black) and are flush. The left and right aluminum paper and the small box are sealed with a glue mark each, which forms a figure-eight shape after being disassembled. Fake small box: The transparent paper packaging is not compact and has wrinkles or pitting. The trademark is pretending to be gravure printing, the color of the trademark is relatively different, the tongue inside the box is easy to fall off, the aluminum paper lining is of rough quality, and the left and right aluminum paper and the small box are sealed with irregular flake glue marks.

Genuine cigarettes: hard box cigarettes without punching, no numerical stamps, cigarettes arranged 776, with secret car numbers; soft boxes without punching, cigarettes with digital stamps, and secret car numbers . The structure of shredded tobacco is: shredded leaves, expanded filaments and paper flakes. Counterfeit cigarette shredded tobacco: The surface of the cigarette is unclean, and there are hair residues on the cut. The shredded stems of the cigarette are generally not expanded, and there are no expanded shredded tobacco and paper flakes. The shredded tobacco contains hard stems.

Identification of the authenticity of "Nanjing Cigarettes"

Authentic cartons: The cartons are made of imported American cardboard and printed with a gravure printing machine. The trademark color is bright, the overprinting is more accurate, and the color difference is smaller. There are few, the printed characters are clear, the gloss is bright, and there are dotted lines on the strip box, which is convenient for gluing and sticking firmly. The transparent paper is packed with heat shrinkable film. The transparent paper packaging is crisp, conformable and has good transparency. Fake strip boxes: Transparent paper generally has poor texture, insufficient transparency and smoothness, is loose after packaging, and has an unclean surface. Trademark printing is generally rough and has different colors, and packaging glue application is heavy and uneven.

Authentic small box: The transparent paper is made of Australian shrink film, and after being modified and reshaped with a flattener, the small transparent bag sticks smoothly and flatly. The trademark color is bright, the overprinting is accurate, and there is little color difference. The printed fonts are clear and the cigarettes are arranged 7-6-7 in the small box. The bottom of the small box is printed with English letters and Arabic numerals indicating the year, month, and machine number. The small box has a gold thread printed with the laser anti-counterfeiting "Nanjing Cigarette Factory, Nanjing Brand Only" logo. Counterfeit small box: The transparent paper packaging is not compact and has wrinkles or pitting. Trademarks imitated from gravure printing plates appear to be jagged, but the details, such as aphorisms and barcodes, are rough and blurry, and are somewhat different from the real thing.

Genuine cigarettes: The cigarettes are made of tipping paper with gold and red lines printed by a gravure printing machine (no lines for high-quality Nanjing, one line for good quality Nanjing, and two lines for special Nanjing). The printing is bright with gold ink and red lines. Clear, not blurry, small color difference. The filter tip has high suction resistance and is harder than ordinary acetate fiber tip rods. The length of the filter tip is 22 mm. Counterfeit cigarettes: The surface of the cigarette is unclean, the incisions have hairy residue, the length of the filter tip does not meet the craft requirements of authentic cigarettes, the wrong ink is used for the stencil stamping of the cigarette, and the printed color is wrong.

We hope that the majority of retailers will consciously boycott counterfeit cigarettes, and consumers are requested to supervise and report counterfeit products in a timely manner. The tobacco monopoly administrative agencies will strictly comply with the "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant laws and regulations to safeguard your legitimate rights and interests and punish those involved in crimes. The case will be transferred to judicial authorities in accordance with the law.