Filthy smokers sparking up the city

Roundhead89 said :

I think a new system should be introduced where cigarettes and smoking is totally banned. Smokers who can’t or won’t quit should be executed.

If they were serious about this, they could start by banning smoking in cars. Or, if they see someone smoking in the car, pull ’em over and check the ashtray… chances are it’ll be pristine.

I always wonder how littering of cigarette butts ever became ‘acceptable’ in the first place? Is it because it is a burning piece of rubbish and therefore needs to be put out that it is tossed on the floor, stamped on, but then left there until it is cleaned up by someone paid to do so or finally leaches it’s chemicals into the ground and disappears.

Outside my office block there’s a concrete receptacle for butts and it usually has one or two still alight. So many do not attempt to extinguish them before throwing. Smokers should also be standing at least 5 metres away from the building when smoking, but consistently seem to have no concept of what that distance might look like.

They smoke these expensive stinky things but baulk at having the butts in their cars, the only positive is they usually die in agony, and of course it keeps the population down

ausbradr said :

Postalgeek said :

$200?

I would hope it’s a criminal offence with jail time for incorrectly disposing of a lit cigarette butt during a total fire ban. If not, it farking well should be.

The only way to appeal to butt-chuckers is with a sledgehammer.

Yup, either that or we should be putting them into chaff bags, and throwing them out to sea. Throwing out a hot cigarette butt where there may be dry grass is just so reckless. One stupid act puts so much life / property at risk!

Lit cigarettes should be inserted into the butts of littering smokers. Apart from the really kinky smokers, this should reduce the problem and leaves no external evidence (bayonets heated in a fire is another method used in some African wars and select private schools).

BimboGeek said :

However I have seen communities that really take this seriously handing out little plastic cigarette bins that people can carry with them. There’s room for a couple of butts so if you have a cigarette on a beach, in a park or in a car, you can put it out and store it for later disposal without having to carry around a horrible stinking butt, which obviously nobody wants in their hand, on their person or in the street because it’s disgusting.

The snow resorts have been doing this for the last few years. The containers are old film canisters (or similar).

This is kind of interesting http://globalnews.ca/news/961723/first-cigarette-butt-recycling-program-in-the-world-launches-today-in-vancouver/

Smokers who do this are unbelievable. I’ve followed 2 cars this week alone who I’ve witnessed throw their butts out the window. I’ve got them on carcam but I seriously doubt any authorities would care to act. Not to mention the fact that they cover everyone else’s cars in ash and a foul smell.

To anyone who smokes in their car, and thinks about flicking their butt – pull your head out of your arses and show some consideration.

Postalgeek said :

$200?

I would hope it’s a criminal offence with jail time for incorrectly disposing of a lit cigarette butt during a total fire ban. If not, it farking well should be.

The only way to appeal to butt-chuckers is with a sledgehammer.

Yup, either that or we should be putting them into chaff bags, and throwing them out to sea. Throwing out a hot cigarette butt where there may be dry grass is just so reckless. One stupid act puts so much life / property at risk!

I know my brother and niece both pinch out the ember and crush it with their foot ensuring there is no chance of it catching fire. The remaining butt is then put in the garbage bin.
I see an outdoor area near my work place and although there are butt bins………..there are also hundreds of cigarette butts in the gardens. Sheer laziness.

If they are stupid enough to smoke in he first place they are unlikely to take any notice of anything TAMS and the ESA have to say.

BimboGeek said :

Cigarette butts are tiny. If you can’t find a way to put them out and carry them to a bin then your little delicate arms probably shouldn’t go through the strain of opening a packet and operating a lighter.

However I have seen communities that really take this seriously handing out little plastic cigarette bins that people can carry with them. There’s room for a couple of butts so if you have a cigarette on a beach, in a park or in a car, you can put it out and store it for later disposal without having to carry around a horrible stinking butt, which obviously nobody wants in their hand, on their person or in the street because it’s disgusting.

Here’s the thing I don’t get, it’s not as though they only start stinking once you stop smoking them, they stink while you smoke them, smokers are fecking retards just cull them.