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Sonja von Eichborn

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Director @unfairtobacco.bsky.social, committed to a tobacco-free world, human rights, democracy, environment
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Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

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Brazil gained an orchid in the newest GATC #COP11 bulletin

Orchid Award for Brazil
For proposing and championing the Smoke-Free UN decision and reaffirming its commitment to the WHO FCTC by proposing key draft decisions. Despite being the world’s largest tobacco exporter, it has
showcased its role as a regional leader, fostering collaboration and advancing global tobacco control.

November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM

Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

#FCTCCOP11 #FCTC_Art_18 #environment
yesterday morning interview in German radio - about cigarette filters, but to little time for carbon footprint of the cigarette industry
👉CO2 emissions equal those of a country like Austria or Peru
👉most damages in tobacco growing (25%) + curing (53%)

graphic shows annual carbon footprint of the cigarette industry, in total 84 mio. tonnes co2 equivalents.
circle shows how much each stage of tobacco supply chain contributes to the footprint as percentage: Tobacco farming (25%), tobacco leaf curing (53%), Processing (1,4%), Cigarette manufacturing (19%), Distribution (0,5%), Cigarette use + waste (1%).
Source: Zafeiridou M, Hopkinson NS, Voulvoulis N: Cigarette smoking, an asssessment of tobacco's global environmental footprint across its entires suppyl chain, and policy strategies to redus it. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM

Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

hier nochmal als Direktbild

Unfairtobacco Grafik zum jährlichen Klimafußabdruck der Zigarettenindustrie. Ein Kreis zeigt die Anteile der verschiedenen Schritte in der Tabaklieferkette und in der Mitte den jährlichen Ausstoss an CO2-Äquivalenten.
Tabakanbau (25%), Tabaktrocknung (53%), Tabakverarbeitung (1,4%), Zigarettenherstellung (19%), Vertrieb (0,5%), Konsum + Müll (1%)
84 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Äquivalente
Quelle: Daten aus Zafeiridou, Hopkinson, Voulvoulis (2018): Cigarette smoking: an assessment of tobacco's global environmental footprint across its entire supply chain, and policy strategies to reduce it. Geneva: WHO.

November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM

Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

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Unfairtobacco graphic on how tobacco pollutes water: 3 rivers run into an ocean. At the first river, a person sprays pesticides onto a tobacco field, text: tobacco growing - Runoff from pesticides and fertilizers pollutes rivers and groundwater. The second river passes by a manufacturer, text: cigarette manufacturing - contaminated waste water: nicotine, heavy metals and other toxicants. The third river passes by a housing block, text: cigarette use - cigarette butts contain plastic filters and up to 7.000 toxicants. In the ocean swim fish and many cigarette butts. Text: each year to 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide. One cigarette but in one litre of water kills half of the fish exposed.

November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

inspiration from #FCTCCOP11
#Indigenous Dënë youth leader Michelle Zinck (@unep.org) shared the sound of Mother Earth and her cultural knowledge.
„Tobacco is not to smoke. Tobacco is a sacred medicine. My mother would always say: you have to pay the land or the water with ceremonial tobacco.“
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