Now in the market, the brand and price of cigarettes are different. More expensive cigarettes can be sold for more than 100 yuan a pack, and cheaper ones usually cost about 4-5 yuan. Why are some tobacco products so expensive and others so cheap? What's the difference between them?
Two kinds of cigarettes have the same harmful substance
Whether it is expensive or cheap cigarettes, as long as smoking, the harm to the body is the same. As long as it's cigarettes, regardless of the price, they contain three basic chemicals, tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, which are extremely harmful to human body. After burning, there are many other harmful substances in tobacco. It has been found that more than 400 kinds of harmful substances can be produced after burning, of which more than 50 belong to carcinogens. In order to improve the taste of cigarettes, in addition to tobacco, cigarettes also contain many additives, such as menthol, sugar and so on. These additives will also produce many harmful substances that can harm human health after burning.
High price cigarettes do no less harm to people than low price cigarettes
The content of tar and carbon monoxide will be marked on the outer packing box of cigarettes. Some cigarettes will be marked with a smaller number and a higher price. Many people think that such cigarettes will cause less harm to the health. In fact, they are not. According to some follow-up survey results on smoking, as long as a person smokes 15-20 cigarettes a day, the risk of lung cancer, oral cancer and laryngeal cancer is 14 times higher than that of smokers.
As long as smoking for a long time, the risk of chronic bronchitis and emphysema will be higher than that of non-smokers, and the risk of pneumonia, heart disease, high blood pressure and other diseases will also be higher than that of non-smokers; For pregnant women, smoking more than 15 cigarettes a day is not only easy to lead to miscarriage, fetal deformity, but also more likely to give birth to premature infants, and the physical quality of the baby will be worse than that of ordinary infants. Therefore, the harm to the health is closely related to smoking and the amount of smoking every day, but not to the price of cigarettes.
The main factors determining the price of cigarettes
Packing
One of the important factors determining the price of cigarettes is the packaging of cigarettes, including the inner shirts and cigarette boxes of cigarettes. For a better cigarette, the inner shirt of the cigarette will be more compact and smooth, and the materials used for the cigarette box will be better; but for a lower price cigarette, the inner shirt of the cigarette will be looser and rough, and the materials used for the cigarette box will be worse.
Cut tobacco
If the price is high, the quality of tobacco will be much better. Cut tobacco is also classified into grades. The tobacco used for a better cigarette is not only selected, but also a higher grade cut tobacco, and a good flavor will also be added. For example, cigarettes are peppermint and jujube flavored, and so on, because of the different flavors added to the tobacco.
Filter tip
The filters used in expensive cigarettes are different from those used in cheap ones. A better cigarette, the filter stick used is generally a high permeable filter stick, which can reduce the resistance of smoking and make people smoke more easily. In addition, the paper on the outside of a better filter rod is smoother, and there may be holes, when the taste in the mouth is more soothing. However, the filter rods for cigarettes with lower prices are mostly ordinary filter rods, which not only feel rough, but also have great suction when smoking.
Some better cigarettes have longer filter rods. Many people think that it can filter out more harmful substances in the cigarettes, so as to reduce the harm to human body. In fact, it has little effect and doesn't play a big role. It's just a marketing gimmick.