2.G(b) - Other Product use: Tobacco

In this sub-category, Germany reports the emissions from the smoking of cigarettes and cigars.

Statistical data from the tax registration of sold tobacco, cigarettes and cigars ^{[Lit. 1]} are used as activity data.
For the calculation of the overall consumption quantity of tobacco the default quantity of tobacco for cigarettes and cigars of the emission guidebook 2023(note to table 3-15 p. 23) ^{[Lit. 2]} is chosen: a cigarette contains 1 g of tobacco and a cigar contains 5 g of tobacco.

The quantity of consumed tobacco has decreased in 2023 for the second year in a row to a historical low value of 99,434 t.

Here, as study was made and published in October 2016 “Entwicklung von Methoden zur Berechnung von Emissionen von Luftschadstoffen aus der Verwendung von Holzkohle, Tabak, Feuerwerk und Kerzen sowie aus dem Entfachen von Brauchtumsfeuern” from Nicola Toenges-Schuller et al., AVISO GmbH, for the Umweltbundesamt Germany. Based on this study, most of the EFs are an average value ^{[Lit. 3]} from different studys.

Table 1: Tier 2 Emission factors applied

As tax registration statistics has a high level of accuracy, its uncertainty is expected to be below 5% whereas the uncertainty for the amount of tobacco in cigarettes is set to 20%. In contrast, as the tobacco quantity for cigars varies much stronger, the uncertainty is set to 100% here.

No planned improvements.

Lit. 1: Destatis, Versteuerung von Tabakwaren 73411, SBA FS 14 R 9.1.1 Absatz von Tabakwaren
Lit. 2: EMEP/EEA, 2023: EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023, Copenhagen, 2023. www.eea.europa.eu.
Lit. 3 Nicole Toenges-Schuller, Sina Joppe; Martin Tremöhlen, Entwicklung von Methoden zur Berechnung von Emissionen von Luftschadstoffen aus der Verwendung von Holzkohle, Tabak, Feuerwerk und Kerzen sowie aus dem Entfachen von Brauchtumsfeuern, EF000814, Aviso, Aachen; Dessau-Roßlau, 2016