Cigarettes, whether soft or hard, are covered with transparent films. When consumers buy cigarettes, the first thing they come into contact with is this outer packaging.
True smoke: Plastic film is a special kind of film with smooth feel, good transparency and good gloss. This film is only used for cigarette packaging. When you open it and touch it, you will feel that the outer packaging film is very thin and soft to the touch.
Fake cigarette: It is made of ordinary film with poor gloss. If you look at the cigarette case through the membrane, you will feel that the permeability is poor. When you touch it with your hands, you will feel that the film is very thick and hard.
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Distinguish by color. Consumers who often smoke a cigarette should pay attention to comparing the colors of cigarette cases when buying cigarettes. If it is possible to buy cigarettes next time, you might as well bring a really empty cigarette case. No matter how realistic the fake cigarette case is, it still has color difference from the real cigarette case.
Identify from cut tobacco. Some people mistakenly think that the yellower the cut tobacco, the better the quality of cigarettes. Actually, this is a misunderstanding.
True tobacco: The cut tobacco of true tobacco is natural in color, with black in yellow. Generally, there are no untreated tobacco stems in cut tobacco, because untreated tobacco stems are not easy to burn and are easy to turn off. Regular manufacturers puffed tobacco stems in the production process.
Fake cigarettes: In order to confuse consumers, sulfur is generally used to smoke tobacco leaves, and cut tobacco looks like Huang Liang. Tobacco stems often appear in fake cigarettes, so it is impossible for its manufacturers to work hard on tobacco stem expansion. Tobacco stem expansion is a special process and requires the purchase of high-end equipment.
Identify from the soot. The average consumer thinks it is a good cigarette when he sees that the ash is white after smoking. In fact, this is also a misunderstanding. In fact, the color of soot is affected by the dryness of tobacco leaves. When the tobacco leaves are dry, the ash after burning is grayish white, and on the contrary, it is dark and difficult to suck.
Judging from the ash content, it is necessary to observe whether the tobacco stem is mixed with tobacco during combustion. When tobacco stems appear, cigarettes will be difficult to smoke.
Triple suction
Smoking cigarettes is an effective means for consumers to identify the authenticity of cigarettes. Ordinary consumers smoke a cigarette for a long time, and the taste suddenly changes greatly, so they may encounter fake cigarettes.
True cigarette: the general formula is stable and the taste is stable. All kinds of cigarettes in regular cigarette factories have specific materials and long-term formulas. Although the source of tobacco leaves may come from different parts of the country, the stability of taste can be guaranteed according to the comprehensive formula of 40 grades of tobacco components.
Fake cigarettes: counterfeiters don't care about the taste. They can cheat into roughly similar cigarettes. If they can change them into money, everything will be fine. It can also be said that fake cigarettes all have the same taste.
The fourth demolition
Through the above methods, when it is difficult to identify the authenticity of cigarettes, the most direct method is to open them!
From the way of pasting, it is a more direct way of unpacking identification.
Real cigarettes: The boxes are all mass-produced by machines. The glue on the machine is dotted, and the glue on both sides of the cigarette case is uniform, regular and fixed.
For example, there are three fixed gluing points on the side of each cigarette case, and the spacing of each gluing point is equal, about 10 cm. Glue is applied to both sides of a pack of cigarette cases by dispensing glue. If you tear it open, you can see neat glue traces bit by bit, and the distance between the two points is 2-2.5 mm. The glue marks on both sides are also symmetrical.
Fake cigarettes: they are all glued by hand and brushed with a brush. When you open it, you can clearly see the traces of the brush, and the glue traces on both sides of the cigarette case are also asymmetric and random.
Anti-counterfeiting professionals say that unpacking cigarette cases is the most effective way to distinguish authenticity, which is applicable to all counterfeit cigarettes.
Another identification method after unpacking is to look at the lining paper. There is platinum paper in every pack of cigarettes. After opening the cigarette case, you have to open the platinum paper to get the cigarette. Pay attention when opening. The real cigarette platinum paper has only two connections, and the other parts are completely cut and easy to open. When the fake cigarette platinum paper is pulled, it is serrated in the middle, and the pulling place is rough and uneven. 1, look at the bag. The transparent paper of genuine cigarettes is flat, and the mouth is hot with a soldering iron, which is smooth and bright; The strip package is sealed by mechanical point bonding. Fake strips and bags are often packed with defective old crystals, which are uneven, smooth and flat; Lapping and sealing are mostly bonded by glue; The bag is loosely packed and feels uneven.
2. Second, look at the cigarette case. The cigarette case is packed with transparent paper, and the pull head of the cable is in the shape of a small table, and the bonding is firm and flat. The transparent paper of fake cigarettes is uneven and loose, and the drawing head is generally flat-headed, most of which are headless; The drawstring and the transparent paper are not bonded; The transparent paper of cigarette case is uneven after opening.
3. Third, look at the trademark. The trademarks of cigarettes are the same, and the patterns and handwriting are clear; The fake cigarette patterns are printed roughly, with different colors, unclear handwriting, incomplete letters, and errors and omissions in Chinese Pinyin and English.
4, four look at flowers. The mouth flowers of cigarettes are generally printed with the same manufacturer name as strips and boxes, and the width is the same. The joint is a combination of two thin strips, which is easy to open and will not break. The mouth flower of fake cigarettes is different from the manufacturer's name on the box, and the width is also different. Mouth flower is sealed with glue or paste, which is not easy to open.
When you don't open the package, you can swing the whole pack of cigarettes up and down. If you can hear a firm voice and there is no noise, it means it is true. If the sound is noisy, it means it's fake.
Real features:
(1) Appearance color: the box is square and regular in shape, with bright and pure red on the box and pure white background.
(2) Label: The label is pure blue and neatly sealed.
(3) Zipper: The gold zipper is straight, and the zipper head is at the left edge of the front of the box, and the zipper is pulled clockwise.
(4) Bottom of the box: The cellophane at the bottom of the box is firmly pasted, and it is still transparent after pasting.
(5) Handfeel: Holding the cigarette case by hand feels soft, and there is no hard feeling.
(6) Cigarettes: Cigarettes are round and regular, and the words "Marlboro" on cigarettes are clear and easy to distinguish, and the length and thickness of cut tobacco are uniform.
(7) Smoke smell: The smoke smell is pure and has a unique aroma.
Characteristics of counterfeit goods:
(1) Appearance color: the edges and corners of the box are not straight, the red on the box is pink, and the white bottom is yellow.
(2) Label: The blue color of the label is lighter than the genuine product, which is light blue.
(3) Zipper: The zipper is skewed, and the pulling direction is mostly counterclockwise.
(4) Bottom of the box: the cellophane at the bottom of the box is stuck by hand, with sticky marks and opacity.
(5) Feel: It feels hard when pinched by hand.
(6) Cigarettes: The quality of cigarette paper is poor, the word "Marlboro" on cigarettes is illegible, and the cut tobacco is uneven.
(7) Smoke smell: the smoke smell is not strong and almost tasteless.
Second, "Hilton" (hard box)
1 box, small box, zigzag pattern and English characters, fake cigarettes are straight lines.
There are five dotted lines at the left and right ends of the two boxes, and eight dotted lines at the left and right sides of the small box package.
3. The small box is packaged and sealed, with eight-mm-wide five-point grid glue seams on the left and right, and one five-point grid glue seam on the front and back. Fake cigarettes are irregular thin sheets.
Acetone can decompose expanded tobacco.
Smell characteristics: strong flavor of foreign tobacco essence.
Third, "three to five" (hard box)
1 box, small bag, zigzag pattern and English characters, fake cigarettes are straight lines.
The small box is about a five-point lattice glue mark, 8mm wide, and the fake cigarette is an irregular thin sheet.
There is an indentation 5 mm around the ring box at the lower end of the aluminum foil paper outlet.
There are expanded tobacco shreds and fine stems.
5. Pour the cut tobacco into the acetone solution, and the floating cut tobacco is the genuine product.
Fourth, "China" (hard box)
1 packaging transparent paper has low friction coefficient, smooth feel and good luster. The transparent paper of fake cigarette packaging has large friction coefficient, lagging hand feeling 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 purple light, and the anti-counterfeiting logo adopts a group pattern. Two letters ZH are the Chinese phonetic prefix, and ten numbers (divided into two lines) respectively represent the date of production, category and car number.
When identifying the recycled old boxes, pay attention to the wear and stain marks at the corners, or the marks of sealing or resealing twice after disassembly.
2 small boxes of transparent paper have smooth feel and good luster, and fake cigarettes are stagnant. 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 located at the lower edge of the front of the packaging box, in the transparent paper on the lower right side of "China Shanghai Cigarette Factory", which is consistent with the anti-counterfeiting technology and content of the packaging box except that it is arranged in a row without group patterns.
After the small box is opened, there are three regular glue seams on the left and right, and the fake cigarette is 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 bottom of the box is printed with a two-digit password, which represents the year, month and car number.
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.
Cut tobacco: It consists of cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco and a small amount of cut tobacco. It is golden or orange, shiny and oily. Expanded cut tobacco is made of carbon dioxide. 2 dry ice expansion method, the proportion of quantity 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.
Evaluation and smoking: Compared with Yunnan cigarettes, Zhonghua brand cigarettes are rich in flavor, rich in aroma, mellow and harmonious, non-irritating, clean and comfortable in aftertaste, and moderate in strength, while fake cigarettes are poor in aroma, irritating and unclean in aftertaste.
The key point to identify Chinese cigarettes mainly depends on whether the last digit of the three places is the same, that is, the last digit of the box anti-counterfeiting mark, the last digit of the small box anti-counterfeiting mark, the letters typed at the bottom of the small box and the last digit of the two digits, and whether the three digits are the same.
Five, Shanghai "peony" (soft box)
1 The back of transparent paper is glued, flat, straight and even, with a width of 7mm, smooth to the touch, and no stay wires. The side of the box is sealed by three-point adhesive, using brown hot melt adhesive, with two-point spacing of 100mm and four-point sealing at both ends. The anti-counterfeiting logo of the carton is on the inner side of the transparent paper in the upper right corner of the carton, which is purple-blue under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays. The anti-counterfeiting mark consists of a set of patterns, two letters and ten numbers. MD is the Chinese phonetic prefix of peony, and the last ten digits represent the date of production, grade and car number respectively.
2 small boxes of transparent paper are bright, and the sides are glued and sealed, flat, straight and even; The transparent paper of fake cigarette packaging is stuck. Anti-counterfeiting marks are arranged on the inner side of transparent paper under "Shanghai Cigarette Factory" without group patterns, and the other contents are the same as the packaging. The box is a letter cable, and the cable head is semicircular. Pull it clockwise. There is a letter and a two-digit steel seal in the middle of the aluminum paper, and the last digit is the same as the last digit of the anti-counterfeiting logo of the small box and strip box. There are pinholes at the bottom of the small box wrapping paper, which are cut at an angle of 30. Aluminum paper is folded up and down in different ways. Fold the first half before folding, and then fold the second half before folding.
Cigarettes: The appearance quality is good. Cigarettes are arranged as 7, 6 and 7. There are three-digit trumpets on cigarettes, indicating the class number, workshop number and car number.
Cut tobacco: Cut tobacco consists of cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco and cut stem. The color is orange, shiny and oily; Fake cigarettes have poor color. Expanded cut tobacCO adopts co? 2. Dry ice expansion method, the dosage ratio is 5% ~ 8%, the cut tobacco is poured into acetone solution, and the expanded cut tobacco floats.
5 evaluation and smoking: the smell is stronger than that of Yunnan tobacco essence, with full and harmonious aroma, comfortable taste, little irritation, clean aftertaste and moderate intensity; And fake cigarettes have poor aroma, great stimulation and unclean aftertaste.
The key points of identification are: see if the last digit of the three anti-counterfeiting marks is the same; Whether there are cut feet and pinholes at the bottom of the small box wrapping paper.
Sixth, "Red Plum"
The production of "Hongmei" cigarettes uses two models: GDXI and Combas. The packaging characteristics of red plum produced by GDX 1 are the same as those of soft box Hongtashan. The identification of the authenticity of red plum cigarettes produced by Kangbas Machine is introduced as follows:
1 The wrapped transparent paper has low friction coefficient, smooth feel and luster; The transparent paper of fake cigarettes is sticky and has poor gloss, and the gap between the strips and the transparent paper is large, especially the difference between the two ends is obvious. The transparent paper wrapped in strips is pasted with epigrams on the side, with a width of 6mm, and the paste is flat, straight and even. There are no letters in the drawstring. The drawstring is square. Pull it clockwise. The glue seal of the strip package is three-point side seal, and the distance between two points is100 mm. The glue seals at both ends of the strip package are glue seams with a width of 5mm and a length of 40mm; Fake cigarettes are generally irregular punctate glue marks. The anti-counterfeiting logo of the bag is in the upper left corner, and its graphics are the factory emblem and the English abbreviation of Yuxi factory. Under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays, the factory emblem and English letters shine. The glue mark on the side seal of the genuine red plum box is four segments, and the middle two segments are longer. Two boxes of transparent paper feel smooth and shiny, with epigrams stuck on the side of the transparent paper, with a width of 6mm, and the adhesive seal is flat, straight and even. Fake cigarettes are not standardized. Boxed letter cable, the cable head is at the epigram side, the head is semicircular, the diameter of the circle is 5mm, and the needle is pulled clockwise. The boxed anti-counterfeiting logo is in the upper left corner of the word Hongmei on the front of the box. The figure is the abbreviation of the factory emblem and Yuxi factory. The factory emblem and characters sparkle under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays. The small box is sealed with four sections of glue seams, the middle two sections are longer, and the upper and lower two sections are shorter, while the fake cigarettes are generally a straight line. The upper end of the aluminum paper box is folded first and then the lower end is folded first and then.
3 cigarettes: good appearance and small size (the number before the bar is the machine operator number, and the month after the bar is the rolling month). The arrangement of cigarettes is 7, 6, 7.
4. Cut tobacco: Ni Hong machine is adopted, and the stem is finely cut and has good expansion; Fake cigarettes are generally thick and big. Expanded cut tobacco can be decomposed by acetone solution.
Evaluation and smoking: the aroma is not strong, and it has the unique aroma of Yunnan tobacco. The cut tobacco is glossy and oily, with sufficient aroma, basically no miscellaneous gas, and slightly irritating. Flavoring and feeding are coordinated with cigarette fragrance, and the aftertaste is basically clean and comfortable.
The focus of identification is the four-level glue mark of strip package, transparent paper, cable head type and small box glue seal.
Seven, "Marlboro" (soft box)
1 box, small box, zigzag pattern and English characters, fake cigarettes are straight lines.
There is an anti-counterfeiting mark on the bottom of the small box package, and six small white squares turn pink when heated.
There is a laser hole in the middle of the filter, which lasts for one week.
Using acetone separation method to see whether there is expanded tobacco in tobacco. Look at a bag. The transparent paper ring of the real cigarette pack is ironed with a soldering iron, which is smooth and flat; The seal is mechanically bonded. Fake cigarettes are often packed with defective or old cigarettes, which are uneven, smooth and flat; Lapping and sealing are mostly bonded by glue; Loose packaging, uneven soft and hard feeling.
Second, look at the cigarette case. Small packets of real cigarettes are packed in transparent paper, and the pull head of the cable is in the shape of a small table, and the bonding is firm and flat. The transparent paper of fake cigarettes is uneven and loose, and the zipper is generally flat-headed, and most of them have no lead; The drawstring and the transparent paper are not bonded; The transparent paper of cigarette case is uneven after opening.
Third, look at the trademark. The real cigarette package is consistent with the small package trademark, and the pattern and handwriting are clear; However, the fake cigarette patterns are printed roughly, with different colors, unclear handwriting, incomplete letters, and errors and omissions in Chinese Pinyin and English.
Fourth, look at flowers. Real cigarette mouth flowers are generally printed with the same manufacturer name as strips and boxes, and the width is the same. The joint is a combination of two thin strips, which is easy to open and will not break. However, the mouth flower of fake cigarettes is different from the manufacturer's name on the box, and the width is also different. Mouth flower is sealed with glue or paste, which is not easy to open.
Fifth, look at the eye of a needle. Pinholes will be left when cigarettes are mechanically packed. The two slits at the four corners of the bottom of the horizontal packaging box are pinholes, and the side slits are vertically wrapped after opening. However, there is no pinhole in the manual packaging of fake cigarettes, and the traces of scissors are obvious.
Sixth, look at cigarettes. The cigarette filter is cut neatly without stubble, the cigarette is rolled evenly, the hardness is moderate, the steel seal, machine number and month are clear, the position is neat, the cigarette surface is clean, and there is no smoke in the mouth. Fake cigarettes are the opposite.
Seven, watch your mouth. The seams of real cigarettes are full and not leaking, while those of fake cigarettes are loose and easy to leak.
Eight look at tobacco. Real tobacco stems are few, and after puffing treatment, tobacco oil is moist and shiny. However, there are many stalks in fake tobacco, and even there is a mixture in tobacco. This kind of tobacco is dull and blue-brown.
Nine smells. Real cigarettes have the unique natural fragrance of tobacco, while fake cigarettes have unpleasant or plain fragrance because of too many spices or inferior essence.
Ten burners smoke. Real cigarettes have pure fragrance. Appropriate intensity, small irritation, comfortable aftertaste, will not automatically go out after lighting, ash is gray, not easy to scatter; Fake tobacco leaves are generally not fermented, and their throats are pungent and unpleasant, and they are easy to go out after being lit. Gray is grayish black and easy to fall off.