The first pack of cigarettes: 1886, commissioned by Damei Tobacco Company; Jinlong foreign firm distributes the company's cigarettes under the brand name "Pinhai", also known as "Nail Head Brand" and "Time-honored Brand". Each packet of cigarettes is accompanied by an instruction manual (cigarette brand), printed in Chinese on one side and English on the other.
The first pack of cigarettes in China: 1904 Shanghai Samsung cigarette co., ltd opened the first tobacco company in China to boycott foreign cigarettes in Shanghai.
Its monochrome 32-piece set of "Meiren Brand Liquor in the Late Qing Dynasty" does not contain a foreign language, and it is the originator of domestic cigarette brands.