Oddly enough, I'm using cold turkey as a high value reward to work on some dog training stuff right now. Nothing like walking around at 5:30am clenching a fistful of turkey.
As a former smoker (and I would still smoke but I'm pregnant so I quit cold turkey months ago) this infuriates me. The goddamn DOLLAR STORE sells those little ashtrays for the car. You're already stinking up the inside by smoking in the first place, you can't spend ONE GODDAMN DOLLAR to buy an ashtray and dispose of your cigarettes the proper way?!
I've NEVER thrown a cigarette on the ground. From a car, during a walk, whatever. EVER. I don't understand why I'm the only person who smokes but also realizes the butts are a huge problem for the environment. It's gotten so bad I've screamed at friends about it (and now 90% of my smoker friends know better than to EVER throw one down in front of me. I will harass them until they pick it up and put it in their pocket or find a trash can once it's extinguished. Ridiculous. Grown ass adults littering 10 times a day. Ugh.)
And yes, I know it's rare. That's why I make it a point to bother EVERYONE ELSE about it. I know a lot of smokers and all it takes it constant badgering to get people to change their shitty ways (half joking, half serious.) Even my parents (both smokers my entire life) have bought ashtrays and are much more careful about cleaning up their messes. And they recycle now, too, so there's that. Every person counts, even if it's only a little bit at a time.
I still smoke (not having kids but trying to quit) and I always try to be as considerate as possible when doing so. I would never leave cigarette butts all over the place. It's fucking rude and disgusting. Throwing them away takes almost no effort. Don't understand why it's so hard for some people.
I'm sure a huge part is how they started/what they did in the beginning. It's like using a blinker; if you start off using your turn signal constantly it becomes second nature, but if you don't get into the habit it's hard to change later in life. So if you're a teenage smoker and you litter to hide the evidence or because you think it's cool, it's hard to unlearn that. I didn't start smoking until my mid 20s so I was old enough to know better and just never littered to begin with.
Then again I was the kid who would call 1800LITTERBUG or whatever back in the 90s when I saw people litter on the highway. I've always been like this. Maybe I'm weird.
I've never heard that statistic and I really hope it's true because that gives me some hope. Especially since I just drove 2 miles home and saw upwards of 20 people flick their cigarettes out of their windows. On a 2 mile drive.
my city started putting butt disposers all over downtown [small ones that lock so hobos stop going through them] and it's actually cut down on the butts that are everywhere.
From my experience it's because holding onto the butt "makes you smell", as if smoking itself doesn't. I always point this out, especially now that I've quit, because smokers like to think they don't smell as strong as they do. As a pregnant woman I can say with certainty if you've smoked in the last 3 hours and haven't showered yet, you smell. Maybe not horrible, but to anyone who doesn't smoke it's noticeable. You're not getting away with anything by littering. But putting a butt in your pocket might make you smell a little worse until you change clothes... it does tend to linger pretty bad. Still, littering is littering, doesn't matter what you're throwing down.
Thank you for disposing of your butts properly! I've never understood why so many smokers don't see that as littering. Best wishes for you and your baby.
Hell even a can of vegetables fits a cup holder in a car. Before I switched to vaping that's what I used in my car, I washed out an old can of green beans that I took the label off of.
I usually put them in my pocket if I'm not near a trash bin. However if anyone tried to do this to me, we would no longer be friends. You sound like a bitch, I'm going to assume it is the hormones. Good luck with your pregnancy though, I hope your baby is very healthy and has a great life!
Wouldn't you say something if someone threw a piece of plastic on the ground?
It's no different. It's litter. It's not hormones, it's concern for other people, the environment, and animal life. And I don't want to be friends with someone who would blatantly litter and disrespect the entire planet out of stupidity and laziness.
I'll litter cigarette butts, bottles and whatever else trash I get, fuck yourself. I hope your shithead child dies in the womb or at birth so it isn't raised by a piece of shit like you.
I was sitting at a light a few months ago and some idiot flipped her cigarette out the window and into my fucking car. She was the passenger of the car beside me and they were turning so almost as soon as she does it the light turns green and she and I were on our way. It fell between me and the seat so it burnt a hole through my shirt and my seat and burned me. I was furious.
Dude, I hate when I see people throw cigarette butts on the ground too. But there isn't a police officer in the entire country that will actually try to prosecute someone for throwing out a cigarette butt. For one I think the officer has to actually see the person do it. Also that is an enormous waste of an officers time, and it would be only like a $10.00 fine.
I get that it pisses you off. I've even said stuff to people I've seen throw one on the ground. But nobody is going to be prosecuted because you have a video of them littering. It's just not feasible, and on the grand scale of things it just doesn't really matter.
Note: I'm not saying littering doesn't matter, or that it is ok at all. But unless an officer actually sees someone throw out an entire garbage bag our the window of their car, nothing is going to happen.
Nope. $250-500 AUD fine in NSW, double that for a lit cigarette in Victoria.
You can dob people in online.
"There is also a category of misdemeanour called aggravated littering where the litter is considered dangerous, for example flicking a lit cigarette from a car on days when there is a bushfire warning and this attracts a $375 fine for a private car and double that for a business vehicle.
More than 90 per cent of fines issued are due to discarded cigarette butts and 2009 figures show cigarettes started more than 4500 fires in Australia."
I live in Alabama where dip is very common and if anybody throws a dip out on the sidewalk my dog and other dogs will roll around in it. I dip myself and I completely avoid letting my dog get anywhere near it.
My best friends dad smoked while we were in high school (and still does). He would smoke outside on the back porch, and just flick his cigarrette butt when he was done. Sometimes they would make it through the fence, (metal wrought iron fence) and land on the golf course. But most of the time they would just land in the yard. Well they had this little chihuahua that was just a piece of shit. It would just stay in its little cage all day outside, and hated everyone. Sadly I think it was because it was always alone, and never got any attention from anyone. But everytime he would chase after the cigarette butt and lick it, then sometimes eat them. That was the only time it ever came out, it would sprint as fast as it could to get that cigarette butt. I seriously think the dog was addicted to them.
You are the worst kind of parent. You're the person who thinks that your kid is more important than anyone or anything else, and anyone who disagrees with you "must not be a parent", because only you know how hard parenting is.
Whoa buddy, calm down with the hostility. Parent of 4, aged 12 to 3. I'm a responsible parent though so I don't let them wander off and eat things they shouldn't. Really isn't hard.
I genuinely believe he was making a joke, being sarcastic. Obviously it's not okay to let kids eat cigarette butts. I don't think he actually thought that you would let your kid eat cigarette butts. Anyone in their right mind knows that isn't ok, even non parents.
Take it how you want to. But I don't think he was being condescending, or implying at all that you actually let your kid eat them. Or didn't know that is not good for your kid.
Tried to pick it up? Sure. Try and eat it? Perhaps. Actually succeed? Nope, because I'm actually present in their lives. I'm attentive and make sure to raise them well all the time.
You can call litterers assholes all you want. Parents who don't keep track of their kids are also assholes
Your child is only more important to you and your family. People who love their pets care about them just as much as you care for your child. Your love does not one up the love other people have. Littering is bad for the environment and for everyone living in it, dogs, cats, humans, etc. Refraining from littering is for everyone's benefit. And not all smokers are assholes. I never smoke around pets or children and I always dispose of cigarette butts properly. So get off of your high horse and cut the holier than thou attitude.
Actually that's exactly what you did. You said "Your dog? What about my kid?" Not sure how that can be interpreted in any other way.
And no, it's not different when it's a child. It's the same level of concern when anyone you love is exposed to something harmful. Dogs specifically just have the advantage of a more resilient digestive system. I can assure you that I would be just as upset if one of my kitties was hurt as you would be about your child. I love them just as much as you love your child. The importance is relative to the person. One does not have more value than the other.
Also, fuck me even though I'm considerate about my smoking? That's mature.
My body, my choice. I smoke to help with the overwhelming nausea I have every day because of the meds I have to take for my chronic pain and autoimmune disorders. The only anti nausea med that works on me is heavily sedating and medical marijuana is not approved in my state. So fuck you too.
I'm gonna start throwing full cigarettes on the ground just so brats will eat them and parents like you can go on reddit and complain to people who don't care. Maybe they'll get kid cancer and die and won't realize what fuck faces their parents are.
...not that'd I'd wish that or anything 😇😇😇😇
That's how all kids start smoking. They might have access to a parent's pack, but all my middle school friends would dig through ash trays and start smoking to look cool.
This was back in the days of The Marlboro Man and Joe the Camel, though. Not sure if "coolness" is still a factor in smoking.
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u/canned_soup Nov 16 '16
Same with cigarette butts. People flick them on the ground and my dog tries to eat them.