Pipe smoker of the year
The title of Pipe Smoker of the Year has been awarded annually by the Tobacco Forum since 1969 . The Tobacco Forum is an association that represents the interests of the pipe tobacco industry, the pipe industry and importers. Marc von Eicken chairs it. The award ceremony takes place during a banquet with invited celebrities.
choice
Every year, the Tobacco Forum selects an active pipe smoker - a public figure -: These people typically come from politics, business, science or work as writers, actors or television presenters. An important criterion for the selection of the candidate is that they "openly acknowledge their passion". According to the awarding forum, the title holder should embody the "typical characteristics of the pipe smoker": "Individuality, independence in thinking and acting, advocating personal convictions, self-confidence, openness, criticism, a sense of enjoyment, as well as being down-to-earth and a love of freedom."
A pipe smoker of the year was or is also voted in other countries , for example in England (until 2003) or in France.
criticism
The award is given for advertising purposes only, not on the basis of special merit. Rather, the positive image of the title holder should be linked to the products of the members of the Tobacco Forum (Association of the German Smoking Tobacco Industry).
Compared to other advertising measures in the cigarette industry, however, this one is aimed at a significantly older group of consumers.
List of title holders
The following people have already been awarded the title:
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- ↑ Election of the Fumeur de Pipe de l'année by the “Confrérie des Maîtres Pipiers” ( Memento of February 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ See, for example, the award of the prize to Joachim Poß 2006 [1] (taz of December 14, 2006)
- ↑ http://www.pfeiferauchen.de/specials/pdj.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of award winners
- ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/07/06/315055.html Article on award winner Nagel
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on Award Winner Brok
- ↑ Article on prizewinner Jörges ( Memento from April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on Prize Winner Lesch
- ↑ http://www.themenportal.de/vermischtes/prof-dr-ruediger-safranski-ist-pfeifekunden-des-jahres-62334 Press release on the Safranski award winner
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ World leader of the Benedictine Order is Pipe Smoker of the Year 2012 , accessed on December 19, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.themenportal.de/politik/bundestagspraesident-prof-dr-lammert-ist-pfeiferauch-des-jahres-2013-79315 Article on award winner Lammert
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sonja Kirchberger is "Pipe Smoker of the Year". Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 15, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020 .
- ↑ smokersplanet: Classic industry award: 42nd awarding of the pipe smoker of the year. In: smokersplanet.de. March 10, 2020, accessed March 15, 2020 .
