(1) Appearance recognition
1. Trademark: The genuine trademark of Zhonghua brand cigarette is mainly designed with Tiananmen Square, with a pattern of huabiao on the back and a bar code printed on one side. Hard package 690 10408(84mm hard box flip), soft package 690 104 15(84mm soft horizontal package), the theme color is deep red. The package is flat, the appearance is crisp, and the seal is flat and firm.
2. Strip packaging: crimson bottom, white borders on all sides, gold-plated Tiananmen Square with anodized aluminum on the front, Chinese blank, Chinese watch on the back, English blank, 50 sticks. The black bar codes on one side are 690 10280750 15 (flip hard box) and 690 1028075022 (soft horizontal bag). The transparent paper with strip packaging has low friction coefficient, smooth feel and good luster. Transparent paper for packaging fake cigarettes has high friction coefficient, sticky hands and poor gloss. There is a big gap between the fake cigarette box and the transparent paper of the box, especially at both ends of the box. This is a gold thread without letters, and the thread ends are semicircular, which is pulled clockwise, while the thread ends of fake cigarettes are irregular. The bar code side of transparent paper is parallel to the edge, in a straight line, with uniform width, while fake cigarettes are uneven, straight and uneven. The box adopts European top cover. The inner side of transparent paper in the upper right corner of the box adopts automatic ink-jet invisible anti-counterfeiting technology. The anti-counterfeiting logo is purple-blue under the purple light, and the anti-counterfeiting logo adopts a group pattern. Two letters are the prefix of Chinese Pinyin, and ten numbers (divided into two lines) represent the production date, category and car number respectively.
When identifying the recycled old boxes, pay attention to the traces of wear and stains at the corners, or the traces of sealing twice or resealing after disassembly.
3, small box packaging: transparent paper feels smooth, good gloss, fake cigarettes stick. The box is a cable without letters, and the cable head is square, which is pulled clockwise and the fake smoke is irregular. Transparent paper is glued on one side of the bar code, with epigrams on it, which is flat, straight and even. The anti-counterfeiting logo is on the lower edge of the front of the box, in the transparent paper at the lower right corner of China Shanghai Cigarette Factory, which is consistent with the anti-counterfeiting technology and content of the box except that it is arranged in a row and has no group pattern. After the plastic seal of the small box is opened, the left and right sides are regular! Glue line, and fake cigarettes are flaky. The small box and the backing paper are sealed with glue lines on the left and right sides, showing a figure of eight, with two glue lines on the front and back, while the fake cigarettes are non-stick or irregular sheets. The original glue mark was transparent glue, but now it is dyed black. The bottom of the box is printed with a two-digit password, which represents the year, month and car number.
(2) Identification of cigarette quality
1, full cigarette, smooth surface and moderate tightness. Red Chinese and English, gold huabiao steel seal, clear and complete, red team printed on the other end of the cigarette (export products have no code).
2. Cut tobacco consists of cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco and a small amount of cut tobacco. The color of cut tobacco is golden yellow or orange, shiny and oily. The expanded cut tobacco adopts carbon dioxide dry ice expansion method, and the dosage ratio is 5%-8%. Pour the cut tobacco into acetone solution, the floating cut tobacco is expanded cut tobacco, and the fake cigarette has no floating cut tobacco.
3. The order of cigarettes is 7, 7 and 6, and fake cigarettes are generally 7, 6 and 7. The length, circumference, appearance and seal of cigarettes are all standardized, and there is no small smoke; Fake cigarettes are irregular and small in size.
(2) Sensory characteristics of color, fragrance and taste
Authentic cut tobacco is golden in color, glossy and oily, with rich and harmonious aroma, smooth throat and pure and comfortable aftertaste. Moreover, fake cigarettes have poor aroma, bitter smell and strong miscellaneous gas. Irritating, the aftertaste is not clean.
(3) Main physical and chemical indexes
The total sugar content of genuine products is 22%-23%; The total nicotine content is1.1%-1.3%; The nicotine content in the smoke is 1.0- 1.3mg/ cigarette; The tar content in the flue gas is 17-20mg/ cigarette.
The main point of identifying Chinese cigarettes is to look! Whether the last digit is the same, that is, whether the last digit of the box anti-counterfeiting mark, the last digit of the small box anti-counterfeiting mark, the last digit of a letter typed at the bottom of the small box and the last digit of two digits are the same, and whether the three digits are the same.