About us

achteaufdieumwelt.de is an initiative by the German Association of the Tobacco Industry and New Products – Bundesverband der Tabakwirtschaft und neuartiger Erzeugnisse (BVTE). The federal association founded in 2019 represents and promotes the interests of the entire value chain across all smoking and vaping products as well as tobacco and nicotine products for oral use: manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of traditional tobacco products and new and reduced-risk tobacco and nicotine products. Associations and businesses of related industries such as tobacco cultivation, tobacco trade and retail, the advertising and packaging industry, the mechanical engineering sector, logistics, the trade show sector and other enterprises and their associations connected with the tobacco industry are members of the BVTE as well.