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ellenfl

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63. i field-stripped mine and threw the butts in a trash can, or my pocket/purse.

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:03 PM

Jun 2014

eventually, i even lined all my ashtrays with tinfoil so cleanup was easy and did not leave a smelly ashtray behind. my bf and i quit 7 years ago . . . just before his quintuple bypass.

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Are you a smoker, or have you known smokers, who don't litter with their cigarette butts? [View all] Silent3 Jun 2014 OP

I smoke ecigs now betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #1

Thanks for your past solution to that, betterdemsonly. Cha Jun 2014 #4

Thank you. :) Silent3 Jun 2014 #5

I don't actually hang with many smokers betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #8

"I also think it is done to justify regressive taxes." Babel_17 Jun 2014 #25

Ditto (exactly) frazzled Jun 2014 #37

While certainly some people do throw McDonald's wrappers... Silent3 Jun 2014 #40

That would be an anecdote and not a statistical fact betterdemsonly Jun 2014 #41

True, I don't have any hard statistics... Silent3 Jun 2014 #46

No, they're pretty much everywhere frazzled Jun 2014 #43

I certainly see plenty of other kinds of trash. I never disputed that. Silent3 Jun 2014 #49

I did the same thing back when I smoked Mojorabbit Jun 2014 #52

Thanks for trying to help out with the encoaching butt population, Silent.. Cha Jun 2014 #2

"the world is not your ashtray" vt_native Jun 2014 #3

Oh wow.. I feel like making a sign and putting down by the beach with those words.. Cha Jun 2014 #6

Never met one. I have a small farm pond in my front yard and it's littered with butts B Calm Jun 2014 #7

Yep, but there's a spot fine for any form of littering, here, if observed by police. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #9

my partner pockets her butts and throws them away.... mike_c Jun 2014 #10

Yes, I know few badtoworse Jun 2014 #11

When I smoked I did not litter and yes, I would even put the butts in my pocket CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #12

When I smoked I did the same thing dflprincess Jun 2014 #70

I brought my own ashtray in a zip loc bag in my purse HockeyMom Jun 2014 #13

When I was living in a ground floor apartment in 2010, TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #14

Good on your persistent success, TxT! Cig butts are a Cha Jun 2014 #72

I just quit, but I have not littered with cigarette butts for several years. cbayer Jun 2014 #15

Congratulations on the quit. I'm at one year this month... Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #18

Big congratulations to you BNW. cbayer Jun 2014 #22

It was no picnic, but also not as bad as I expected Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #34

I am partly inspired by David Sedaris. cbayer Jun 2014 #36

I am a smoker who doesn't litter tech3149 Jun 2014 #16

I'm also a smoker who doesn't litter theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #31

I see lots of food wrappers and bevvie cans littered about in some places. Are you an eater? Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #17

For smokers I have known and observed, however... Silent3 Jun 2014 #42

That's not the tone of your OP. At all. Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #57

"I'm sure they're out there, but I haven't met one." Silent3 Jun 2014 #62

I am a smoker. SamKnause Jun 2014 #19

www.litterpreventionprogram.com SheilaWhite Jun 2014 #20

35% not littering is actually better news than I'd have expected. Silent3 Jun 2014 #61

In SC, it is SOP for motorists to empty their ashtrays while waiting at a traffic light to get off raccoon Jun 2014 #21

I just wish smokers would use the ashtrays in their cars magical thyme Jun 2014 #23

Ever stopped in a parking lot... JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #30

I don't have an ashtry in my car bigwillq Jun 2014 #65

Yes I have known two smokers who never littered... ljm2002 Jun 2014 #24

Did you ever notice packman Jun 2014 #26

I haven't littered a cig butt in 25 years underpants Jun 2014 #27

Back in my smoking days... JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #28

That's what that funny little pocket in Jeans was for Tommymac Jun 2014 #29

In my experience, they are all slobs. CanonRay Jun 2014 #32

in my experience people litter according to social norms around littering La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #33

That's been my experience too. azmom Jun 2014 #68

humans are social animals, mostly we adapt to social norm expectations La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #69

8mm film cans made great portable ashtrays. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #35

I quit nine long weeks ago after 45 years panader0 Jun 2014 #38

I never litter with my butts mokawanis Jun 2014 #39

Still burning butts thrown from car windows are my pet peeve. yellowcanine Jun 2014 #44

Be sure to catch, 'Planes, Trains And Automobiles' on TV next thanksgiving. tridim Jun 2014 #48

I'll put out the smoke on the bottom of my shoe raptor_rider Jun 2014 #45

I tossed my butts for a long time, because I was an idiot. tridim Jun 2014 #47

I try not to throw the butts on the ground bigwillq Jun 2014 #50

I am. I still "field strip" my butts when I'm out. MineralMan Jun 2014 #51

Since almost everyone here who smokes or who used to smoke SheilaT Jun 2014 #53

You live in New Mexico bigwillq Jun 2014 #64

LOL! SheilaT Jun 2014 #67

Not a smoker (never have been) tabbycat31 Jun 2014 #54

It's rare that I chew gum, but when I do... Silent3 Jun 2014 #55

I got gum on a brand new pair of shoes once tabbycat31 Jun 2014 #58

I am a smoker and there is zero fire hazard to for putting your butts in a garbage can. dilby Jun 2014 #56

I smoke and want to kill butt tossers tenderfoot Jun 2014 #59

I am a smoker, but do not litter the road with my cigarette butts. RebelOne Jun 2014 #60

i field-stripped mine and threw the butts in a trash can, or my pocket/purse. ellenfl Jun 2014 #63

No joke, I would always crush it out completely and look for the nearest trash can. dogknob Jun 2014 #66

Sure do...me! troublesome_mind Jun 2014 #71

Yes, I did just that. Ino Jun 2014 #73

My old horse trainer used to field strip his cigarettes csziggy Jun 2014 #74