Find nearby cigarette vending machines.

Kippenstummel is a service that helps smokers quickly and easily find nearby cigarette vending machines. Users can report, rate, and look up vending machine locations.

Kippenstummel relies on community self-regulation. Most vending machine locations are entered and maintained by the community itself. The data is regularly updated and checked for validity. Additionally, our database is supplemented with public data from third-party sources.

Yes, Kippenstummel is free. You don't need to provide payment information or register to use it.

Yes, the use of Kippenstummel is only permitted for persons 18 years of age and older. In Germany, the consumption of tobacco products is only permitted by law for adults - this regulation also applies to the use of our application.

No. Kippenstummel does not sell or advertise tobacco products. The platform serves solely to provide neutral information about publicly accessible cigarette vending machine locations.

Always a good decision. If you need help or have questions, the Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit and the Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen offer free counseling.

Reported locations or reviews are first validated within the system, which can take some time. Therefore, reports may not be visible immediately. Furthermore, a report may not be accepted by the system and therefore not be noticeable. Should one of your contributions be rejected, it's important to us to emphasize that we're not rejecting them due to a lack of trust, but rather to ensure a balanced vote in the spirit of swarm intelligence. Thank you for your commitment!

Fundamentally, we want to offer Kippenstummel anonymously. However, certain interactions must be attributable to a user. Therefore, instead of a user account, you will be issued an anonymous but personalized identity. All your interactions and achievements will be linked to this identity. The trustworthiness of your identity also determines the influence your interactions have. If you lose access to your devices, your identity will be irretrievably lost unless previously transferred or secured.

Yes. The app remains free to use, but donations are welcome to help fund operations and further development. Donations are voluntary and not required. Funds are used, among other things, for server and hosting costs, development and maintenance of the web app, as well as general infrastructure and operating expenses. The goal is to ensure long-term operation and enable new features.

Donation link: https://ko-fi.com/muellerconstantin/tip

Yes. You can support the project in several non-financial ways. This includes helping with content maintenance, reporting new cigarette machines, voting on existing entries, and submitting corrections. You can also contribute to the open-source development by reporting issues, suggesting improvements, or contributing code. Community participation helps improve data quality and supports the long-term development of the project.

Kippenstummel covers Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Locations outside these countries cannot be reported. Cigarette vending machines in public spaces are almost exclusive to German-speaking countries, and the application is currently only available in German and English.