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Bespoke cigarette Boxes manufactured to order, with material and finish chosen around how the product ships.
- Minimum order
- 100 units
- Production
- 3–5 business days
- Construction
- folding carton
- Delivery
- US, UK, Canada, Australia
No obligation
Start a quote
Name, email, phone and what you are packing and which disclosures apply. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.
What cigarette boxes have to cope with
Cigarette Boxes hold a stacked block of rod product behind a hinged lid that is opened and closed dozens of times. That is the starting point for the specification, because the inner frame is what holds the lid shut and square. Without it the lid splays within days and the pack stops closing.
In service they are used for pocket carry and repeated daily opening, which is a harder mechanical life than almost any other carton faces.
Regulatory copy and panel space
Regulated products carry information that is not optional, and it competes for the same panel area as the brand design. The panel is almost always the binding constraint, not the structure.
Tell us which disclosures apply before we cut the die and we will block the area on the dieline. Retrofitting a warning panel into a finished layout usually means redrawing it.
The substrate for cigarette boxes
Board around 240 to 280 gsm with a properly specified hinge score. Heavier board is not the answer — the crease quality is.
The options we would consider for this format are below; the inner frame is what holds the lid shut and square. Without it the lid splays within days and the pack stops closing.
- 12pt SBS paperboard
- 14pt SBS paperboard
- 16pt SBS paperboard
- 18pt kraft board
- recycled CCNB board
Printing cigarette boxes
Health warning copy takes a mandated share of the panel area, and the percentage differs by market. Confirm the market before layout begins.
Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography are all available for this format. Run length usually decides which is cheapest: digital removes the plate cost on short quantities, offset and flexo overtake it at volume.
Artwork and required copy
Supply artwork on the dieline we send you, with 3 mm bleed past every trim edge and all text held 4 mm inside the fold lines.
Supply a print-ready PDF or vector file with fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Our prepress team checks every file before a proof is issued. On a regulated pack the check that matters most is that required copy still holds its minimum type size at final scale.
Sizing cigarette boxes
Closely fitted to the block, around 3.4 × 2.2 × 0.9 in for a standard count, with the inner frame taking part of that internal space.
Send the contents rather than a box size. It is specified like any other tuck carton, when the hinge on this format is a wear component and needs a scored crease chosen for repeated flexing.
From enquiry to delivery
Send the product dimensions, the quantity and your deadline. What comes back is a board grade, a structure, a print method, a lead time and a written price — not a number on its own.
We issue a dieline template, prepress checks your artwork against it, and a dated proof comes back for sign-off. Where your quality system needs it, that approval is recorded against a revision number.
Checking it before you commit
Ask for an unprinted sample if the question is fit, or a printed prototype if the question is colour. They answer different things.
Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.
What buyers get wrong with cigarette boxes
It is specified like any other tuck carton, when the hinge on this format is a wear component and needs a scored crease chosen for repeated flexing.
The rest of these come up often enough across the format to be worth stating plainly.
- Designing the artwork before confirming which disclosures apply.
- Placing a barcode across a crease, where scanners fail.
- Assuming a previous run can be repeated without checking the artwork revision.
- Leaving no panel headroom for a claim added later.
Reference
Cigarette Boxes at a specification level
| Product | Cigarette Boxes |
|---|---|
| Category | Custom CBD Packaging |
| Construction | Die-cut, creased and seam-glued |
| Board thickness | 12pt – 18pt depending on product weight |
| Ships as | Flat-packed, glued one seam |
| Materials | 12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board |
| Printing | Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography |
| Finishes | Gloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping |
| Minimum order | Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises. |
| Lead time | 3 to 5 business days after artwork approval |
| Shipping | Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia |
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- 100-unit minimum
- 3–5 day production
- Free dieline
- No obligation
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What you get
What you get with this format
Sized to the contents
Closely fitted to the block, around 3.4 × 2.2 × 0.9 in for a standard count, with the inner frame taking part of that internal space.
What tends to go wrong
The hinge crease tears after a week of use, because the score was cut for a lid that opens once rather than repeatedly.
What it is specified for
Specified for pocket carry and repeated daily opening, which is a harder mechanical life than almost any other carton faces.
The detail that decides it
The inner frame is what holds the lid shut and square. Without it the lid splays within days and the pack stops closing.
This format sits in our custom cbd packaging range, alongside 3 other made-to-order formats.
Answers
Cigarette Boxes: questions buyers ask
Specification, minimums and lead times for cigarette boxes.
Why does the lid tear at the hinge?
The crease is wrong for the duty. A hinged lid opened many times a day needs a score cut for repeated flexing, not the standard fold crease used on a carton opened once. Adding board thickness makes it worse, not better.
Can you supply versioned proofs with sign-off records?
Yes. Where your quality system requires it we issue dated proofs against a revision number and retain the approval record. Ask at quoting so the documentation is built alongside the job rather than reconstructed later.
Can you produce child-resistant closures?
We can produce child-resistant structures with certified closures. Compliance is verified against the regulations in force when your order runs, so send the specific requirement your licence operates under rather than a general description.
Do cigarette boxes arrive flat or assembled?
Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.
Can I see a sample first?
Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. Use the plain sample to confirm the required copy physically fits at legal type size before any design work starts.
Can you match packaging we already use?
Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. Send the existing artwork as well as the sample — on a regulated pack it is usually the panel area given to required copy, not the dimensions, that differs between suppliers.
Where do you deliver?
All 50 US states, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, on the same timeline everywhere: 3 to 5 business days of production after artwork approval, then 5 to 7 business days in transit. Every run is made to order and shipped directly to your address rather than pulled from stock, so you receive current production rather than whatever has been sitting in a warehouse. Freight is costed separately by weight, volume and destination. Tell us at quoting if the delivery point cannot take a pallet, and we will break the consignment into cartons instead.
Can I order cigarette boxes in a custom size?
Every run is cut to your dimensions — there are no stock sizes here. Send the product measurements rather than a box size and we will build the folding carton around them, then send a dieline template you can design onto.
What happens after I approve the quote?
We issue a dieline template sized to your product, prepress checks your artwork against it, and a proof comes back for sign-off. Nothing runs until you approve that proof, and folding cartons then take 3 to 5 business days.
Can you hold the specification for repeat orders?
Yes. Once a first run is approved we hold the board, structure, dimensions, print method and finishes against your account, so a reorder references the same specification exactly rather than being re-derived. Artwork revisions are held against the same record, so a reorder runs the approved version rather than whatever file was most recently sent to us.
Do you offer recycled or recyclable options?
Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for folding cartons. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.
What file format should I send artwork in?
A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. Send required copy as live text rather than flattened artwork, so we can confirm it holds its legal minimum type size after any scaling.
Next step
Get a price for Cigarette Boxes
Send the dimensions, the quantity and the disclosures that have to appear. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.