Foremost the tobacco tasted bad,not stale, just not authentic. The taste motivated me to look at the box to which I discovered that the packaging is different in regard the the Philip Morris USA emblem which was blue and white, not silver and red. The wording on sides is different and where MENTHOL is featured at front top lacked the white placard. The coloring of blue area of box is mottled not solid, and the tax stamp was damaged so one could not read the numbers.