Why do smokers think it's okay to toss their cigarette butts out the window when they finish smoking? It's just as bad as throwing any other trash out of your window, isn't it?
2007-02-19 06:41:03 · 16 answers · asked by tagosb 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Whether smokers have "rights" is another conversation... but even if they do, tossing your butt out the window isn't a right.
What's wrong with the ashtray in your car? We'd rather you dirty up your ashtray along with your lungs rather than our communities.
2007-02-19 06:52:28 · update #1
You can smoke all you want where I don't have to inhale it along with you. I have the right not to breathe in your smoke.
If you are outside a building smoking, just make sure the cigarette is put out or pour some liquid over it and then use the trash can!
2007-02-19 06:55:24 · update #2
Here's the answer to those of you who ask "What are we supposed to do with the butt?
http://www.ashtraysonline.com/portableashtray/index.htm
2007-02-19 07:20:42 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's worse than littering. Some jurisdictions have specific laws and ordinances about throwing burning material from a vehicle or throwing dangerous items from a vehicle. Whereas littering carries with it a fine of $100-500, these other violations are generally much steeper; somewhere in the neighborhood of $1000. Many brush and forest fires are started by those morons you see tossing out a cigarette butt. Some states have litter hotlines and will mail citations to people if you have license plate information and a location. Some places will refer you to a 911 operator. And to James Dean, once upon a time a fellow like you threw his cigarette out and it hit my windshield and melted the windshield wiper of my patrol car. That ended up being a $962 cigarette for him. And yeah, it was dumb. And yes, some are - LOL.
2007-02-19 06:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is not a favorable practice, as it is considered both littering, a safety hazard and an anti-social act. This careless disposal of cigarette butts can cost many lives, esp when you drink in a hotel room, smoke in bed and cause a fire which spread to many flloors of the hotel. There have been many incidents like this for the past 50 years, resulting in very sad deaths of innocent holiday-makers. The little pleasure one gets in smoking resulting in big pains for many, isn't worthwhile at all.
2016-05-24 10:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely with the throwing it out the car window thing, but what are you to do when walking outside and having a smoke?
Butt it out and carry it around all day, stinking everyplace you go and risking burning yourself? Risking throwing it in the trash and setting the trash on fire?
We have little choice there. Especially since you can ONLY smoke outdoors pretty much everywhere now.
And those ones are normally picked up by the bums that smoke other peoples butts. (Seriously, in my downtown, there is always like a million people smoking outside buildings and nearly as many bums picking up the butts and no butts on the ground).
2007-02-19 06:48:41 · answer #4 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is littering. Cigarette butts are made of fiber glass and do not biodegrade. They will lay on the ground indefinitely.
I used to smoke, (up until 4 months ago) and I can tell you I never threw my butts on the ground. Just ripped the filter off and put it in pocket, until I could put it in the trash.
A cigarette butt is obviously not as highly visible as fast food wrappers and all that other crap you see alongside the road.
If everybody just put their darn trash in a trash can and picked up what they could when they found it, the world would be a cleaner place.
2007-02-19 06:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's worse than littering. The hot cigarette butt thrown from a moving car could hit people in the face and cause burns.
2007-02-19 06:57:35 · answer #6 · answered by bergab_hase 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK so it's wrong to throw a butt out the window..but how can you compare it to throwing a bag of trash out the window? A bag of trash couild cause an accident...a cigarette butt couldn't unless someone was tailgating me and it went in their window and they lost control of their car.
You've taken away our rights to smoke inside anywhere.
Most cars don't even have ashtrays or lighters anymore...so what do you suggest we do?
Mangy- Pretty dumb to throw a butt out the window when there's a patrol car behind you... Some cops are just ***** though lol.
2007-02-19 06:48:42 · answer #7 · answered by James Dean 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
yes it is. fines range from 150 to 1000 dollars here for littering. the only two items you can dispose of from a vehicle are water and poultry feathers to have it not be considered littering.
2007-02-19 06:44:32 · answer #8 · answered by Dashes 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is. And for some reason they think they are going to smell better after throwing it out of the car. Smokers suck. Literally.
2007-02-19 06:43:53 · answer #9 · answered by Karrien Sim Peters 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
yes, in SC you can get a $100 ticket
2007-02-19 06:44:10 · answer #10 · answered by mike 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋