Do you think that people who toss cigarette butts on the ground should be fined for littering?
I think they should- cigarette butts just sit there for years- my brother saw someone toss one out their window today and got angry. It is nothing more or nothing less than littering- cigarette butts are tossed anywhere and everywhere and they can take decades to degrade
what do you think
mikk- not true- not all states have a littering fine for cigarette butts
Eyliin D and not all smokers toss them
I think that they should be fined as you said they can take decades to degrade and are a horrible sight to see too. I mean it’s littering and yes they should be fined because all they do is contribute to our environmental problems
Here is a good link to look at http://www.cigarettelitter.org/
Of course! I agree to that! Not only they are contributing to air pollution but also making our environment dirty. Imagine, millions of people around the world smoke and all of them would just throw it ANYWHERE.
Well considering it is littering, yes. And I have seen people given tickets for throwing cigarette butts on the ground (at a beach). Technically, throwing an apple core on the ground is littering but that doesn’t bother me as much as nasty cigarette butts that never biodegrade and get into our waterways.
They already ARE fined for littering. There is a unanimous consensus that it counts as littering.
I believe that anything that isn’t natural and wont degrade without causing certain environmental problems around it, shouldn’t be tossed on the ground. Things like bananas, apples, oranges, or other fruit/food I’m okay with throwing on the ground because it’s food for some other animal and it helps put nutrients back in the soil. But cigarette butts, paper, glass, or anything like that should be disposed of properly… Don’t be lazy.