Do cigarettes have a shelf life?

Although smoking is harmful to health, there are still many people who like to smoke in life. When giving gifts, they also think that giving some more expensive cigarettes is classy. In fact, smoking is not only bad for the body, but also for the people around you, because the people around you will follow you to inhale second-hand smoke, which is more harmful. Many people think that cigarettes can be stored for a long time, so do cigarettes have a shelf life?

In fact, cigarettes are like most consumer goods. They will expire, which means they have a shelf life. Over time, the aroma of cigarettes will diminish, the taste will be less pleasant, and they may even become moldy and deteriorate.

According to international practice, no brand of cigarettes will indicate a shelf life. This is mainly because the shelf life of cigarettes is difficult to determine, and the shelf life of cigarettes in different environments varies greatly. Secondly, cigarettes are also fast-moving consumer goods with a very fast turnover, and it is generally difficult for cigarettes to exceed their shelf life.

Generally, tobacco companies will ship goods based on the operating capabilities of cigarette retailers, delivering goods once a week to ensure that they can be sold out within half a year. There will be no long-term backlog, and the tobacco monopoly department will also regularly conduct surprise inspections on the quality of cigarettes of cigarette retailers, so it is difficult for consumers to buy cigarettes that have been stored for a long time. The shelf life is something that can really be ignored. The country has no mandatory regulations on the shelf life of cigarettes. For retailers, the temperature and humidity of cigarettes must be strictly controlled when storing them, and a reasonable amount of cigarette inventory must also be specified to avoid excessive inventory that may cause cigarettes to deteriorate. Therefore, fellow smokers can rest assured that there will be no problems with unopened cigarettes within one to two years. Opened cigarettes are difficult to preserve, so if you want to collect them, you must pack them well.

Cigarettes are a very complex product. Their shelf life varies depending on the storage environment. If the environment is dry, they can be stored for two or three years, but if the environment is bad, they cannot even be stored for a year. The same brand of cigarettes has different shelf lives due to differences in temperature and humidity in different places. For example, in places with high temperature and humidity, the dried cigarettes will age and absorb enough water after just one summer. Once the weather changes, they will easily become moldy. In dry and cold areas, cigarettes have a shelf life of several years and can even be stored in the refrigerator for 10 years. Therefore, there are currently no regulations requiring cigarettes to be marked with the production date and shelf life. The practices of cigarette companies are in full compliance with relevant national regulations. This is not only the case in China, but cigarettes imported from abroad are also not marked with production date and shelf life.