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All the smokers I know pocket their butts and toss them in the garbage later π€·
I guess they still ash their cigs on the ground, but I don't really see ash as an issue. Maybe it is, but not to my knowledge
Ash is not as much of an issue, the butts are toxic to wildlife.
My experience is totally opposite, I don't know a single smoker who disposes of their butts properly.
I did when I smoked. I knew a few others who did as well (maybe only when I was around them idk). But yeah, the vast majority don't give a fuck.
I hate to say it, but these days it's kind of a thing mostly underprivileged people do, and these people tend to have bigger problems than being socially and environmentally conscious.
I can't speak to quantities or rates, but I see a LOT of cigarette butts on the ground. This meme is right on target, in my experience.
My "favorite" was the time one threw their cigarette butt out the window of their car on a highway and it somehow ended up under the cowl of my windshield, so the smell was being sucked into my car by the ventilation system. And I couldn't easily get in there to remove it - I needed tools I didn't have on the road with me. At least it didn't start a fire.
That's nasty, I have a nice burn hole in my jacket because someone tossed a lit cigarette out of their window and it landed in my jacket hoodie while riding a motorcycle.
Iβve since quit, but me and my friends would dispose of our butts properly. The problem is like a single asshole can toss 20+ butts in a day. So itβs really obvious when people are shitheads, but youβll basically never notice people are functioning members of society.
Yeah, that's why I mentioned not knowing rates - I'm sure there are people who do the right thing with them, but the ones that don't are the ones that are going to stand out.
This guy doesn't go to beaches
Believe it or not, I got to a LOT of beaches. And I really don't see that many butts there, either. (Well, the other kind of butts)