Why would smokers just throw cigarette butts in the streets?!
By chiyochan
@chiyosan (30184)
Philippines
August 26, 2011 8:15am CST
I was walking a while ago on my way home and well i saw this man was about to go up the building he was actually smoking and then he just threw the cigarette butt on the street as he blew some one last time!!
wow. i caught his eye and i looked at him and then back at the cigarette butt on the street. The nerve!!! The street is not mine but he is sooo irresponsible. there was a trash can and an ashtry on top of it in the building, why can't he spend some time to put it off and throw it properly?!
as a smoker, do you have the same habit? what's up with this? i just think they contribute to the trash in thee streets!!! haayy its frustrating why they are not even concerned...
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16 responses
@Simon1223 (903)
• China
26 Aug 11
The phenomenon you see is not limited to smokers. In my daily life, I also see many people throw the rubbish in the streets. In my view, it's just one of their habits. They don't realize that their conduct will negatively affect others in the society. In order to improve such phenomenon, I think there are mainly two ways. One way is to strengthen the law enforcement. Those who are found throwing rubbish in the streets should be fined a lot so that they could learn a lesson. The other way is to teach the children what's the right thing to do in the society so that they could behave like a civilized person when they grow up.
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
26 Aug 11
I agree we live in a tourist area. Our beaches we are told are one of the top ten in the world. So people come to see. if you saw the litter I have picked up when I take a walk on the beach it would make you sick.
Can you imagine what the bottom of the ocean looks like? or how many fish, sea animals we have killed because we could not pick up something and throw it away.
Spring Breakers are the worst. They come on mom and dad's credit cards driving their cars and do so much destruction to our beaches with the I am out of school and I don't care attitude.
I just know this many kids were not raised this way.
Took a walk on the beach one day and there were litterally 12x12 inch square pieces of plastic foam type material. I picked up the first one and then as I stood back up I saw more and more of these squares. I assume people used them to sit on to not get sand on their clothes. But they just got up and walked away from them.
I picked up 13 of them. Can you imagine the plastics getting into the ocean?
My son who turns 22 in Dec just freaks out when he finds trash on the beach. He has a great respect for the ocean.
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@mabeldaclan (787)
• Philippines
26 Aug 11
This types of events are really frustrating. This is quite similar to situations where a small trash is thrown on the street instead of holding on to it for a while because for sure, after a few seconds, you will find a trash can (a candy wrapper for an instance). That guy you are referring to, does not only contribute to the trash in the streets but also to pollution. That smoker will sooner or later get a sickness because of that habit (I mean, the smoking habit)
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@kalinka1 (72)
• Belgium
26 Aug 11
I get frustated because of this aswell.
It takes several years before these butts are completely broken down by nature. Certainly because there are always and everywhere so much of these trash can with ashtrays, it's really not that hard to just place them there.
I also often see people when they are driving the car, they are smoking with their sigarettes hanging from the side of the car and then when they are finished they just throw them outside on to the road or in the grass next to the road.
I just feel that they are truly so selfish ans irresponsible.
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
26 Aug 11
While we raise our children proper it is up to them to continue good habits once they are of age.
I think some rebelled silently while doing chores around the house etc, and being of age now they think they can do whatever they want to do without feelings of others.
I was in basic training in the Army. We had to keep up the grounds around our barracks. One person out of the platoon was on butt detail every day while we did our basic. I did it one day and I hated the way my fingers and hands smelled from the nicotine.
I just remember washing and washing them to get the smell off.
I have never smoked so I did not see why I had to pick them up except it was doing something correctly because our Platoon Sgt told us to.
Personally glad I never had to do it more than once. But I was not one to get into trouble to get such extra details either.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
Hi my dear! thanks for your response!! :D have a great day and happy mylotting. appreciate your response to the discussion. that is true! we should have thought our children well so they should always know their way and whatever they do they should care for the nature.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
26 Aug 11
I hate this type of people really why people not understand about the cleanness. I think the Govt. should punished those people who smoke and then threw it anywhere. Really this frustrating activity. Nice discussion friend.
@redik11 (131)
• Norway
26 Aug 11
same reason as people trow gum on the streets... see it this way, you don't have time to go for a trash can and it isn't many ways to put it out but trowing it on the ground and stamp on it. i'd say it's worse to trow gum because it sticks to the ground. and my opinion on rubbish on the streets are: as long it is'nt a slum i don't care
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@Galena (9110)
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27 Aug 11
it's bad isn't it.
especially when you consider that some of the people who do this wouldn't DREAM of dropping a crisp packet or other litter. somehow they think that it doesn't count. even though a filter takes many years to decompose.
it's a really ugly kind of litter, and it IS littering.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
it is really bad!! i think they should really just respect the surroundings and think of others and the cleaners who may need to go after these addition to the trash. have a great day and happy mylotting. appreciate your response to the discussion.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
10 Sep 11
anyone that does that is an a***ole,pure and simple.
i do smoke,but i will carry it til i find a trashcan.there is no excuse for that crap,and chances are they do it with soda cans and the like also.
people already hate smokers enough nowadays without jerks like that giving them reason.
i do smoke,but i will carry it til i find a trashcan.there is no excuse for that crap,and chances are they do it with soda cans and the like also.
people already hate smokers enough nowadays without jerks like that giving them reason.
@jterrock (276)
• United States
27 Aug 11
I use to smoke. I haven't smoked for 6 days now. I am trying to quit because it is a discusting habit! I don't want to get a disease like Cancer either from smoking. When I use to smoke, I would never throw my butts in the street. If I was walking down the street smoking, I would make sure the butt was out before throwing it in the garbage. If I was smoking in my car, I would make sure the butt was out and then dispose the butt in an ashtray that was in my car. It would drive me NUTS when I had seen people throw the butts out their car window or down in the streets. I was a smoker, but I still cared for the environment. There aren't too many of us out there, but we do still exist. I hope I don't start smokign again though...I don't want to die from Cancer.
@shereen_0412 (8)
• Philippines
27 Aug 11
those people who doesnt care to their nature are the irresponsible human.
they doesnt have their proper attitude to their selves so they are not aware if it can cause a bad thing to their nature. human proper etiquette is a must..
@JayPea (9)
• Taiwan
27 Aug 11
I live in Taiwan, and we have rules that forbid littering, but no one cares, people would use an ashtray if there was one, but when people are driving they just throw them out on the street when they're done, I find it a disgusting habit but people don't seem to give half a damn.
@ands1984 (26)
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27 Aug 11
well i was a smoker...and honestly whenever i used to throw the butt in trash can it used to smoke and kinda start fire so i started to throw them on the street...but whenever i got ash-tray i always used it...
thank god i dont smoke now so no question of throwing butts...
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
13 Jan 13
I am who do not smoke and hence due to this simple reason reason I don't throe the buts on the streets 
Well, I had seen many of them who just throw the wastes to the streets. I felt this activity as an activity done by an irresponsible citizen to the land. The only thing we can do is just to understand what the mistakes they are doing. we can't force them
Well, I had seen many of them who just throw the wastes to the streets. I felt this activity as an activity done by an irresponsible citizen to the land. The only thing we can do is just to understand what the mistakes they are doing. we can't force them
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
27 Aug 11
Yeah, it's always easier to just throw it wherever when no one is looking. I also do that but most of the time I try to be responsible and look for a garbage to throw them in. Besides, throwing them on the sidewalk is much safer since throwing them in the trashcan can start a fire.
@pepperpopper (376)
• Philippines
27 Aug 11
That is an example of unethical behavior. Didn't he realize that a small trash when put together, is really damaging to mother nature? He should put it first in a paper and keep inside his pocket if trash can is not around. Otherwise, eat it.
