Cigarette pack

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A pack of cigarettes is a rectangular container, mostly of paperboard, which contains cigarettes. The pack is designed with a flavor-protective paper or foil, and sealed through a transparent airtight plastic film. By pulling the "pull-tabs" the pack is opened. Hard packs are reclosable, as soft packs are not.

In the interest of cigarette machines, the packs mostly have a uniform size. In fact, the size is so uniform worldwide that cigarette packs are often used to show scale in eBay auctions.

[edit] Package size

In the United States, the quantity of cigarettes in a pack has to be at least 20. Certain brands, such as Export A's, come in a pack of 25.

In many European countries, increases of cigarette tax can cause the quantity of cigarettes in the pack to change, in order to achieve the same end price.

In Britain brands are usually sold in packs of 20 but most popular brands are also available in 10s.

[edit] Hard pack

A hard pack is the usual mode of cardboard packaging for store bought cigarettes, which consists of relatively stable box.

[edit] Soft pack

A soft pack is a box packaging made of relatively thin paper, usually containing 20 cigarettes.