How to identify soft China
Identification of authenticity:
1. Strip packaging:
(1) Strip packaging transparent paper has a low friction coefficient, smooth feel and good gloss, while fake packaging The smoke has a large friction coefficient, is sluggish, and has poor gloss. The gap between the fake cigarette carton and the transparent paper of the carton is large, especially the difference is obvious at both ends of the carton.
(2) The strips are made of gold wire without letters. The head of the wire is semicircular and pulls out clockwise, while the shape of the fake cigarette butt is irregular.
(3) The transparent paper is glued on the side with the barcode and is parallel to the edge, in a straight line, with a uniform width, while fake cigarettes are not parallel, straight, and uneven.
(4) The box adopts a European-style top-opening cover, and the inside of the transparent paper in the upper right corner of the box adopts automatic inkjet invisible anti-counterfeiting technology. The anti-counterfeiting mark appears purple-blue under UV light. The anti-counterfeiting mark uses two letters of the group pattern, and ten digits (divided into two lines) ZH is the Chinese pinyin prefix, and the last ten digits represent the production date, shift, and vehicle number respectively.
(5) For old recycled strip boxes, the identification should pay attention to the fact that there are often traces of wear and stains on the corners; there are often traces of sealing after being glued or removed after being sealed twice.
2. Small box packaging
(1) The transparent paper in the box feels smooth and shiny, and fake cigarettes will not stick to your hands.
(2) The boxed cigarettes have no letter strings, and the wire head is square and pulls out clockwise; while fake cigarettes have no rules.
(3) The transparent paper is glued to the side of the barcode with the aphorism, and the glue is flat, straight, and even; while the fake cigarettes are not parallel, straight, and even enough.
(4) The anti-counterfeiting mark is on the lower edge of the front of the box, and "Produced by Shanghai Cigarette Factory, China" is on the inside of the lower transparent paper. Except for being arranged in a row and without group patterns, it is consistent with the anti-counterfeiting technology and content of the carton.
(5) After the small box is unsealed, there are three regular glue lines on the left and right sides, while the fake cigarettes are in the shape of sheets. There is a glue line on the left and right of the small box and the lining paper, which is in a figure eight shape, and two glue lines on the front and back. The fake cigarettes are in the form of non-stick or irregular sheets.
(6) There is a two-digit alphanumeric password stamped on the bottom of the small box, which represents the year, month, and vehicle number.
3. Cigarettes
(1) The order of cigarettes is 7, 7, 6, while fake cigarettes are generally 7, 6, 7.
(2) The length, circumference, appearance, and stamp of cigarettes are standardized, but the cigarettes do not have small sizes; fake cigarettes are not standardized, and some have small sizes.
4. Cut tobacco
(1) Cut tobacco consists of cut tobacco, expanded cut tobacco and a small amount of cut stems.
(2) The color of shredded tobacco is orange to golden, and the luster is oily, while the color and gloss of fake cigarettes are poor.
(3) The expanded cut tobacco adopts the CO2 dry ice expansion method, and the quantity ratio is 5-8%. Pour the cut tobacco into the acetone solution. The floating cut tobacco is the expanded cut tobacco; while the fake cigarette has no floating cut tobacco.
5. Comments on Smoking Zhonghua cigarettes Compared with Yunnan cigarettes, Zhonghua brand cigarettes have a stronger flavor, a rich, mellow and harmonious aroma, no irritation, and a clean and comfortable aftertaste with moderate strength; while the fake cigarette aroma tea is more irritating, The aftertaste is not clean.
6. Key points for identifying Chinese cigarettes:
(1) Check whether the last digits of the three places are consistent, namely: the last digit of the anti-counterfeiting mark on the box, the anti-counterfeiting mark on the small box The last digit of the logo, the letter printed on the bottom of the box, the last digit of the two-digit number, and whether the last digit in the three places are the same.
(2) Check whether the cord head of the strip box is semi-circular and whether the cord head of the small box is square.
(3) Check whether the small box is sealed with three glue lines. Is the arrangement of cigarettes 7, 7, 6?
(4) Check whether there is expanded tobacco in the cut tobacco (using acetone separation method).
Cigarettes that fully meet the above four points are genuine, otherwise they are counterfeit