I was in a national park this past weekend. Beautiful scenery, gorgeous vistas, and the clearest air anyone could ask for.
Until some jerkass decided it was the perfect time to light up on the trail and then flick his cigarette into the woods. During fire season. Fucking asshole.
I was at some remote sea the other week. Pretty long, steep hike that took me like 3 hours. I just thought that this was probably the moste remote and beautiful place that i have ever seen, and still, there were cigarette buds scattered along the path.
Addiction or not, someone who doesn't put their trash where it belongs is disgusting scum.
Especially when that trash can start a fire.
That is why I keep the league of legends icon in the bin 💪
Let me just add the following:
Many smokers never even think about it. It's the most normal thing in the world to them to just flick their cigarette anywhere. It's so engrained in their brains that it's okay to do so, which is the main part of the problem.
Just calling them out on it to make them aware can be a great start.
The problem is that calling them out on this behaviour is usually met with aggression...
That can sadly happen, yeah. I only do it when there's enough other people around to hear and see it, which also puts extra pressure on them.
You don't realize how scarce trash cans there are until you start smoking.
That's why I became enlightened and switched to vaping. Now I can stop worrying about trashcans and just pour chemicals straight into the ground (and into my own pockets). 256 IQ move right there, so smart it overflows back to 0.
"On your right you can see our newest national heritage, the Elfbar-forest"
Blame TV and movies too
I can't really comprehend how it got so accepted. Why don't we punish this behaviour sufficiently if it is observed. Something like 12h of picking up filters would be quite fitting.
How would that be enforced?
I think it probably would be enough if smokers just have to fear getting caught because its really not that big of a deal to throw it into the trash.
Look at Singapore
Technically nature made us and in time we made plastic, so technically nature made plastic... This is all just nature's fault! Kill it! 😬
I think smokers are unaware, that cigarette filters are plastic. Plastic full of environmental toxins.
I don't smoke cigarettes anymore but when I did I was fully aware that the tips were disasters in terms of how long they take to break down and their pollution impact, which is why I'd never throw them anywhere that wasn't an ashtray or a bin.
Now joints, I've felt free to when it's just a bit of paper and organic matter that is pretty much already obliterated just by smooshing it with my shoe.
I don't smoke anymore either, but when I did I bought pure cotton filters that were biodegradable in case they left the bin somehow.
smoking is a beautifully executed tax on people via addiction. They created a product they cloak in the terminology of freedom and history, loaded with additional addictive chemicals and pushed it on our youth years ago. It's not bad enough to kill you or your ability to "produce" but the odds are good it will kill you before you can collect social security and will act as a daily tax as its marked as a luxury good. It's disgusting for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with the filter or the smell.
Ash is good for soil fertility tbf
What makes you think the toxic heavy metals suddenly disappear when the cigarette is lit?
because I inhaled them dummy
What does what you said, have to do with what he said? Technically his statement was completely true. Your exclamation isn't really related to what he actually said.
I'm talking about ash mate.
And he's talking about the toxic heavy metals the ash still likely contains.
Cigarette butts, the thing op is complaining about, are not mostly ash. They're mostly plastic. Not cool to litter.
Lol, I think the problem goes way beyond smokers.
But if you want to be the guy that singles out one small group of people to antagonize in a sea of sinners, I'm not gonna stop you.
There can be a great many things that make it difficult to do so, but at the end of the day, each and every person is responsible for properly disposing of their trash.
Agreed.
And this, children, is what we call Whataboutism.
Call it what you want. The point remains the same.
All the smokers I know pocket their butts and toss them in the garbage later 🤷
I guess they still ash their cigs on the ground, but I don't really see ash as an issue. Maybe it is, but not to my knowledge
Ash is not as much of an issue, the butts are toxic to wildlife.
My experience is totally opposite, I don't know a single smoker who disposes of their butts properly.
I can't speak to quantities or rates, but I see a LOT of cigarette butts on the ground. This meme is right on target, in my experience.
My "favorite" was the time one threw their cigarette butt out the window of their car on a highway and it somehow ended up under the cowl of my windshield, so the smell was being sucked into my car by the ventilation system. And I couldn't easily get in there to remove it - I needed tools I didn't have on the road with me. At least it didn't start a fire.
That's nasty, I have a nice burn hole in my jacket because someone tossed a lit cigarette out of their window and it landed in my jacket hoodie while riding a motorcycle.