Center for Tobacco Studies, Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York, USA.
Tob Control. 2020 Mar;29(2):228-230. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054743. Epub 2019 Feb 16.
There is scant research on methods used to identify counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
Systematic analysis of internal tobacco industry documents characteristics of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
In the industry documents we identified as relevant, there were 42 characteristics of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes. Overall, physical characteristics (88.1%) were the most commonly identified features across all locations, with the pack blank, cardboard shell of the cigarette pack, as the dominant site (30.9%). Some of the physical characteristics included offset lithography printing, incorrect font and colour. Overall, light microscopy was identified as the main method of forensic analysis for detecting counterfeits.
Independent researchers employing litter pack and pack swap surveys are encouraged to use the characteristics identified in the study to gauge the prevalence of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes and compare against industry estimates.
几乎没有研究关注用于识别假冒万宝路香烟的方法。
系统分析内部烟草行业文件中假冒万宝路香烟的特征。
在我们认为相关的行业文件中,识别出假冒万宝路香烟有 42 个特征。总体而言,物理特征(88.1%)是所有地点最常见的特征,其中包装空白、香烟包装的硬纸盒是主要特征(30.9%)。一些物理特征包括胶版印刷、字体和颜色不正确。总体而言,光学显微镜被确定为检测假冒产品的主要法医分析方法。
鼓励独立研究人员采用垃圾包装和包装交换调查,使用研究中确定的特征来评估假冒万宝路香烟的流行程度,并与行业估计进行比较。