How to distinguish real cigarettes from fake cigarettes (for those who are knowledgeable)

Basic types of counterfeit trademark cigarettes. Counterfeit cigarettes made by hand or with backward technology. Counterfeiters use unfermented tobacco leaves, cigarette scraps, or use tobacco leaves from a single region, and make homemade tobacco without formula. Some tobacco It has also been dyed and the cut tobacco is of poor quality. The outer packaging uses waste or poor-quality packaging materials, and is produced manually or with outdated and outdated equipment that has been eliminated by the manufacturer. Most of these fake cigarettes are in the packaging style of mid- to low-end brands, and the manufacturing process is obviously rough, making them easier to identify. Machine-made counterfeit cigarettes. Most of these counterfeit cigarettes are fake famous products and high-end cigarettes. They are basically smuggled cigarettes from abroad or illegally produced by domestic "underground cigarette factories". Counterfeiters use more advanced rolling and packaging equipment, and the rolling and packaging quality is not significantly different from that of authentic products. It has a more complete technological formula and has a better smell and taste. This type of fake cigarettes is difficult to identify and is extremely harmful to famous brand cigarette products. Counterfeit cigarettes with changed packaging: Counterfeiters use low-end cigarettes with the same packaging specifications, remove the original outer packaging, and manually replace them with higher-grade packaging. They sell them at a high price, passing off inferior cigarettes as good ones, and passing off low-end cigarettes as high-end products. Some insert fake cigarettes into the same box or carton, which is confusing. Others use well-known brands to produce fake cigarettes of new specifications, which are highly concealable. Although most of the counterfeit trademark cigarettes are sophisticated and deceptive enough to look like the real ones, there are still many identification technologies and methods that can be mastered and applied by the majority of cigarette consumers. The following are some basic methods for identifying genuine and fake famous cigarettes from the outside to the inside: Method 1 for identifying genuine and fake famous cigarettes - Logo identification View trademark logos The trademarks of my country's cigarette products are all registered by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. trademark. Printed by a regular professional printing factory, the paper quality is good, the printing is fine and beautiful, the pattern is clear, the color is bright, the brightness is high, and the hot stamping is exquisite. The printing of counterfeit cigarette trademarks is generally not from regular manufacturers, and often has low paper quality, poor printing gloss, impure pattern registration, and unclean layout. Check the unique marks. Some famous cigarettes, such as Hongtashan, Yuxi, Dahongying and other domestic famous brands, have their own company's unique marks on the outer packaging trademark, tipping paper, aluminum foil paper and cigarettes. The color printing of the packaging and decoration patterns of some famous cigarettes uses gravure printing, which can be felt by hand to create a concave and convex feeling. The fonts on counterfeit cigarettes are printed smoothly and without convexity. Check for Counterfeiting Marks In recent years, the use of anti-counterfeiting technology and printing anti-counterfeiting marks on their products has become an effective measure for self-protection for famous and high-quality product manufacturers. At present, there are hundreds of anti-counterfeiting marks on the cigarette market in my country, and many genuine, famous and high-quality cigarettes use anti-counterfeiting marks. Introducing some of them: Reactive SK temperature-controlled anti-counterfeiting mark. If the trademark is slightly heated, the manufacturer's unique anti-counterfeiting mark will be displayed. It will quickly restore as the temperature drops, and the anti-counterfeiting mark will still not be revealed. Fluorescent anti-counterfeiting marks are anti-counterfeiting marks printed with anti-counterfeiting fluorescent ink, which glow under the irradiation of special fluorescent lamps, showing bright fluorescent colors of red, orange, green or yellow-green, with high fluorescence intensity. Laser holographic anti-counterfeiting marks use laser interference technology to superimpose different layers and angles of the trademark pattern after shooting to produce different color effects. Photosensitive and temperature-sensitive anti-counterfeiting marks: When using photosensitive paint, the color will quickly change from light to dark within 2 to 6 seconds under natural ultraviolet rays; when using temperature-sensitive paint, the color will change from dark to light after being touched with a finger for 5 to 10 seconds. Method 2 for identifying genuine and fake famous cigarettes - carton identification Transparent paper packaging of cartons (cartons) 1. Texture The transparent paper of cigarette cartons prevents cigarettes from getting damp and losing moisture and flavoring agents. There are generally two types of transparent paper used for packaging genuine famous cigarettes: one is BOPP biaxially oriented polypropylene film, and the other is PVDC, that is, BOPP coated polyethylene dioxide. Both transparent films have high transparency, good surface gloss and smooth hand feel. The transparent paper film used in counterfeit trademark cigarettes generally has poor texture, poor transparency and smoothness, and is difficult to touch. 2. Sealing: The transparent paper seal of the strip box packaging is heat-sealed with an electric soldering iron without glue. The sealing of genuine famous cigarettes is smooth, parallel to the edge of the box, the sealing is in a straight line, and the width is uniform. The seals at both ends of the transparent paper packaging are smooth and the overlap is in good shape. Counterfeit cigarettes are usually permed by hand and sealed into several consecutive sections with inconsistent widths. Some use latex glue to stick the mouth, which is easy to loosen. The overlaps at both ends are upturned, and there are traces of knife cuts or secondary sealing.

3. Drawstring There is a drawstring on the transparent paper packaging of the strip box, also known as drawstring. Genuine famous cigarettes have machine-made small incisions, and the thread-pulling heads are regular and symmetrical, and the width is appropriate. The strokes of the printed fonts on the pull lines are clear and even, and the coloring is firm. Transparent paper packaging of counterfeit cigarettes: Some fake cigarettes have no drawstrings. Those with pull cords generally do not have small machine incisions, and the width of the tongue at the end of some pull cords does not match. Some of the coloring is not firm, the font strokes are incomplete, and the font size and spacing are uneven. The meaning of some string printed words does not match that of the manufacturer. Box (pack) trademark paper packaging 1. Printing quality: The printing pattern of the trademark paper for genuine famous and high-quality cigarette box has high gloss, clear color, delicate coloring, bright gold printing, uniform character spacing, and relatively bright color. Most of the trademark printing has electrochemical aluminum foil stamping, which is shiny. Concave-convex printing, with obvious concave-convex effect. Most fake cigarettes have low printing quality, low gloss and brightness, and unobvious concavity and convexity. 2. Adhesive sealing methods There are three mechanical adhesive sealing methods for cigarette cartons (the black dots in the picture are sticky points): ⑴ Fully non-stick type: Appears in FOCKE machine-packaged products and some foreign cigarettes. Such as hard box Zhonghua, Zhongnanhai, 555, etc.