Here is the newest law for debate in Missouri  

I think the fine will be good, only way to dis-courage it, is to hit them in their pockets

Tho I would do both a fine and they have to spend 30 mins picking cig butts up.

Not a fan of people who throw their cigs away as you can tell, I dont litter and think its just mad that some people find it ok to throw litter or cig butts away.

just my opinion.

hi muscles, i'm a smoker but am not going to comment. lol. just wondered it the tornado in mo. was close to & did u have any damage?

I have a brother that does the pocket thing and I have a brother that throws them on the ground or out his truck window. Any type of littering is not good, but I think a $1000 fine is a bit much though for a cigarette butt. It is not going to stop people from throwing them on the ground. It will just make them a little sneakier about it if anything. It will be kind of hard to catch a lot of people.

I think people should not drop their cigarettes butts on the ground, but dispose of them properly. A thousand dollar fine sounds quite high.
I am not condoning throwing cigarette butts on the ground, but I would want to fine the people who spit rather than the butts. Butts are more visible than spit, and people sometimes step in other people's spit and track it into their homes.
Spitting to me is much worse than cigarette butts.

I'm a smoker myself, and I would no more drop a cigarette butt in public than I would at home. It's ugly, poses a risk for birds fish and animals who might ingest them, and if it's dry and windy poses a significant fire risk. It's not feasible for communities to post fire danger signs for people dropping lit butts, so I tend to agree with the fine, although I would think a judge would have the authority to change it for first offense.
Equally irritating are people who spit chewing gum all over the place...but I'll save that for another gripe session...lol.

Wow that is way to high a fine. That is beyond over board. When I used to smoke I always threw my cigarette butts down. I would have done it in front of a cop even because I never thought of it as littering. Of course now over 10 years later I realize it is littering. While throwing garbage on the ground is wrong I think $1000 is over the line.