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Posted: 06/06/2007 09:25
 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered in our parks, sidewalks and public places yearly, according to Keep America Beautiful. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the United States. Many people casually flick a cigarette butt out of a car window or toss aside a cigarette while walking, not thinking of the harm this might cause. One carelessly tossed cigarette can cause significant damage; imagine the compounded effect of 4.5 trillion cigarette butts. Cigarette litter is not just an aesthetic eyesore; it causes significant fire and environmental damage. Cigarette butts that aren't properly extinguished can — and do – start fires. The following cigarette litter tragedies could easily have been avoided: In January 2001, a motorist driving along Interstate 8 in San Diego County flicked a cigarette butt onto the center median, sparking a fire that eventually burned more than 10,000 acres, destroyed 16 homes and charred 64 vehicles. In September 2002, a wildfire that scorched 247 acres on the Camp Pendleton, California base was started by a cigarette butt tossed by a passing motorist. In March 2004, cigarette butts tossed in a jammed trash chute in Richmond, Virginia, destroyed 26 buildings and caused $20 million in damage. Most cigarette filters are not biodegradable as many people presume. 95 percent of filters are made of plastic cellulose acetate and take many years to decompose. To make matters worse, there are 165 chemicals in cigarettes that birds and other small animals ingest thinking that the butts are food. Ingestion can lead to starvation or malnutrition if the butts block the intestinal tract and prevent digestion, or accumulate in the digestive tract, making the animal feel full and lessening its desire to feed. All the costly fire and environmental damage could be avoided if people heeded the same attentiveness to cigarette disposal as they do to throwing away other trash. http://www.charityguide.o...-butts.htm |
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Posted: 06/06/2007 12:38
Something similar that I have encountered is being stopped at a traffic light and the person in front of my is smoking with their hand out the window, butt in hand. What people don't realize is that their smoke drifts and I can smell it in my car. I don't care if others smoke, but the smoke does aggravate my allergies. I often end up sneezing or coughing while sitting in my own car - all due to the person in front of me smoking. Dale |
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Posted: 06/06/2007 23:07
Sometimes I wish people would just take a look outside themselves and see what asses they make. I have a total respect for anyone who does not do what I do, go where I go, say what I say or smoke. But... we deal with human nature and try to make the best of it I guess. After all, what do we do? Pull out the ACME Uzi? 
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Posted: 06/11/2007 16:07
It was great, in plano this weekend I saw a City Sign that stated that butts were littering and there is a fine for throwing them out of your car. Course, the great thing about it was all of the cigarette butts there were at the base of this sign. =\ |
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Posted: 07/26/2007 10:09
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Posted: 07/26/2007 14:00
Used to p***me off, when I was dating someone watching them throw cigs out of the car. Every time they would do it, I'd gripe until they used the WeasleCan© method of disposal. It "CAN" be done.
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Posted: 08/06/2007 08:37
BeerWeasle™ wrote: Seriously though... how hard is it to keep a coke can (with some water in it) in the car and place your butts into said can? I have not smoked now in months, but when I was, it was just as easy to put it into an empty can as it was to throw it on the ground. Plus, it made me feel better knowing that was not going to sit there for the next 25 years. Used to p***me off, when I was dating someone watching them throw cigs out of the car. Every time they would do it, I'd gripe until they used the WeasleCan© method of disposal. It "CAN" be done. Congratulations on stopping smoking! |
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Posted: 08/06/2007 13:52
I just don't want to stink up the new Weaslemobile™ so I figure I probably would have one if I was out at a bar or something. Probably better for me not to I know. :D |
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