Spain: Tobacco industry involved in management of cigarette butt collection -- News from March 16, 2025. In October 2024, the Spanish government adopted Royal Decree 1093/2024, requiring tobacco manufacturers to cover the costs of cleaning up waste from their products. This measure is part of Directive (EU) 2019/904, which aims to reduce the use of single-use plastics, particularly cigarette filters containing plastic. The Council of State validates the missions imposed on the eco-organization Alcome concerning cigarette butts -- News from December 22, 2024. On November 25, the Council of State rejected the appeal by British American Tobacco and JT International, which contested the objectives imposed by the State on Alcome, the sector's eco-organization in charge of cigarette butts, composed of representatives of the tobacco industry. The court ruled that the Ministry of Ecological Transition was fully authorized to impose waste reduction objectives on Alcome, while respecting the legal framework. In addition, the financing of the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts thrown on the ground was deemed to be in accordance with the law. 1 million e-cigarettes thrown away every day: UK's 'environmental nightmare' of puffs -- News from December 17, 2024. The presence of batteries in these products poses a new challenge for waste disposal centers, with a 71% increase in fires linked to damaged or crushed e-cigarettes between 2022 and 2023. Plastic treaty – missed opportunity for tobacco control -- News from December 12, 2024. The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5), tasked with developing a legally binding international treaty to end plastic pollution, concluded on December 1 in Busan, South Korea. Negotiations failed to reach an agreement at this meeting and will continue into 2025. In addition to the immediate ban on cigarette filters, prioritizing public health and environmental concerns was a major concern during these negotiations for tobacco control stakeholders, including the National Committee Against Tobacco, which was present on site. Better understanding the commercial determinants of health to reduce the influence of harmful industries -- News from November 19, 2024. In an interview with The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Anna Gilmore, professor of public health, director of the Tobacco Control Research Group and co-director of the Center for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath in England, discussed her work to define the influence of commercial actors on public health, known as the commercial determinants of health (CDOH). The eco-organization Alcome condemned once again by the State -- News from June 26, 2024. After being sanctioned for the first time last February by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, the eco-organization Alcome, managed by the main tobacco manufacturers, was sanctioned again for non-compliance with its specifications on June 4. Cigarette butts and street ashtrays: the government sanctions the eco-organization Alcome -- News from November 23, 2023. The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion announced that it has issued a daily financial penalty payment order against the eco-organization Alcome, which is responsible for the prevention and management of cigarette butts on behalf of tobacco producers. This penalty follows Alcome's delay in providing financial support for street ashtrays. Spain: Elected official accused of organizing distribution of pocket ashtrays -- News from September 20, 2023. The elected official in charge of public health in Valladolid (Spain) has set up a partnership with the tobacco industry to distribute pocket ashtrays. Romania and Hungary transpose European directive on plastic waste -- News from August 17, 2023. Romania has modelled its cigarette butt collection system on Hungary's in order to comply with the European directive on single-use plastic waste. The Hebdo Ecolo association has collected more than a million cigarette butts in France -- News from March 13, 2023. In a press release, the Hebdo Ecolo association declared that it had passed the million mark for cigarette butts collected in France through its collections. Banning the filter is the only way to reduce cigarette butt pollution -- Decryptions of March 6, 2023. Tobacco industry at the heart of environmental pollution -- News from February 28, 2023. In an article published in the New York Times, the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance recalls the environmental damage caused by the tobacco industry Partnership with eco-organization Alcome contested in Fouesnant -- News from January 30, 2023. The Fouesnant municipal council signed an agreement with the eco-organization Alcome on December 15, 2022. Opposition elected officials denounce this partnership. Ireland: Tobacco industry to help fund street cleaning -- News from January 4, 2023. Since January 1, tobacco companies have been required to contribute financially to street cleaning in Ireland, under new government legislation. Taxes, ban on Puffs: Belgium publishes its plan to fight tobacco -- Decryptions of December 22, 2022. Alcome: minor changes to the eco-organization criticized by public health -- News from December 21, 2022. After the cancellation by the Council of State in July of the decree defining Alcome's specifications, the Ministry of the Environment published a second version, making marginal changes, well below the requests of anti-smoking NGOs. The fundamental issue of the eco-organization remains unchanged, since Alcome is still directly linked to the tobacco industry, and still runs the risk of being mobilized as a tool for renormalization and social responsibility by manufacturers. 5.3 Award: Philip Morris France awarded a gold cigarette butt for the second consecutive year -- News from November 21, 2022. On November 17, the National Committee Against Tobacco (CNCT) held its second edition of the "5.3 Awards - For public policies without tobacco and lobbying." This year's Mégot d'Or was awarded to Natasha Pouget, CSR manager at Philip Morris France (PFM), for her misleading rhetoric about the manufacturer's alleged social and environmental responsibility. The Council of State cancels the missions of Alcome, the eco-organization in charge of cigarette butts -- News from September 2, 2022. The decree of February 5, 2021 defining the specifications of the eco-organization was canceled on July 28 by the Council of State. Alcome will have to cease its activities on January 1, 2023, but tobacco professionals do not intend to give up just yet. Pocket ashtrays: false environmental solution, real marketing tool -- Decryptions of September 1, 2022. Smoke Free Partnership contribution to the revision process of the European Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC -- Files from August 23, 2022. World No Tobacco Day draws attention to the environmental consequences of tobacco -- Files from June 2, 2022. Alcome: why the eco-organization for the fight against cigarette butts is problematic -- News from March 17, 2022. The tobacco industry behind cigarette butt collection in France -- Decryptions of July 21, 2021.