Dear cigarette smoker

kirk

kirk

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Dear cigarette smoker,

Let me start by saying that I'm not a smoker, but I do, generally speaking, support your right to smoke. I think that some of the laws that restrict where you can smoke have gone too far. I'm not paranoid about second hand smoke and your smoke doesn't generally bother me. Only once in my life do I remember asking someone not to smoke and that was in my home, at my dinner table, at dinner time.

All of that being said, your butts really piss me off and I'm sick to death of it. Most of you think the world is your ash tray. I see your butts piled up on the ground at intersections and outside of buildings, often right next to real ash trays. I've even seen you throw them on the ground while standing next to an ash tray, and yes I took the time to point it out to you then. I see them coming out of your car windows, creating a fire hazard, and sometimes even hitting my windshield, spraying embers all over my car. You do it without even knowing it because you've done it for so long. Well I've had enough. You can stop anytime you'd like to. You can stop even if you wouldn't like to.

I would happily support your rights to be free and smoke in public if you would simply quit making it so hard for me to do so. Your behavior is selfish and inconsiderate. Stop throwing your fiery trash at me and onto our landscapes. If you want my support, and even if you don't, keep your butts to yourself!

Kirk
 
I'm a cigar smoker.
I concur with your sentiment about cigarette buts. never could understand how so many of them could be on thre landscape within walking distance of an ashtray.
 
Right on, brothers. I don't smoke, and I'm not against others doing so, but PLEASE put the butts somewhere other than the ground right in front of me.
 
Dear Kirk,
I agree with most of what you say
I,ve only known 3 out of several hundred smokers that gave any thought to others, litter, or the environment,(fires etcetera )Myown very slightly educated opinion is if you don't care what you put into your body you are not going to care what you put into the environment of others . you just don't think that far out of yourself . I like cigarettes on occaision ,but i pay for the very rare one i smoke ,physically.I probably pollute and disrespect the environment of myself and others by driving older vehicles and heating with wood and all the other innefficient technologies that i like to use too.
But I'm glad that someone other than me has noticed this disregard by others of our common world by cigarrete smokers. What the answer truly is to this i don't know ...maybe a gentle awareness awakening just like this for those who smoke and fling to share with everyone . Thanks for speaking up. I hope you don't get crucified! coaltrain
 
LOL, I used to live beside a old guy that smoked on his back steps then flicked the butts over the fence into my yard... When I realized where they were coming from, I started saving them and one day tossed probably 50 back over the fence into his yard... Nothing was ever said but problem was solved...
 
Cigarette smoke stinks up the air around us, and as you've so aptly pointed out, kirk, the butts so very often litter the environment around us. However, it took me almost twenty years to come to that realization. I never understood what a dirty habit it was until I quit; but back in the day I was one of those who would dump my butts wherever/whenever the ashtray got full. I feel ashamed about that now, but at the time, it didn't seem like a big deal, funny how perception works. :o Now, as an ex-smoker, I'm on the other side of the fence, and as such, I don't have much tolerance for cigarettes.

IMO, it's a dirty habit. Vent concluded, carry on...
 
all this talk about cigarettes and butts makes me want to go smoke one right now:P, i smoke and i try and use a recepticle if one is provided, but lets look at this in a different approach, if no one threw their butts on the ground, how would baby birds stay so soft and snugglie in their nest? somebody in the cities waste dept. gets paid to clean up trash on the streets, they are able to provide for their family, and collect a paycheck by cleaning up the mess everyone makes. some homeless person is hoping to find a butt, so he can have one more drag before bed tonight. and the list goes on and on......:beatnik::beer:
 
whitey said:
all this talk about cigarettes and butts makes me want to go smoke one right now:P, i smoke and i try and use a recepticle if one is provided, but lets look at this in a different approach, if no one threw their butts on the ground, how would baby birds stay so soft and snugglie in their nest? somebody in the cities waste dept. gets paid to clean up trash on the streets, they are able to provide for their family, and collect a paycheck by cleaning up the mess everyone makes. some homeless person is hoping to find a butt, so he can have one more drag before bed tonight. and the list goes on and on......:beatnik::beer:
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And this is why it will never end.
 
Throwing cigarette butts on the ground is a public health issue of critical importance, even more than drinking big soft drinks. Maybe even more than salt shakers.

They should definitely pass a lot of laws against it, with huge fines and / or jail time.
 
When I used to smoke in college I would never think to throw the part to small to smoke onto the ground. I just rolled it into the next one. :rasta:.....:D
 
kirk said:
Dear cigarette smoker,

Let me start by saying that I'm not a smoker, but I do, generally speaking, support your right to smoke. I think that some of the laws that restrict where you can smoke have gone too far. I'm not paranoid about second hand smoke and your smoke doesn't generally bother me. Only once in my life do I remember asking someone not to smoke and that was in my home, at my dinner table, at dinner time.

All of that being said, your butts really piss me off and I'm sick to death of it. Most of you think the world is your ash tray. I see your butts piled up on the ground at intersections and outside of buildings, often right next to real ash trays. I've even seen you throw them on the ground while standing next to an ash tray, and yes I took the time to point it out to you then. I see them coming out of your car windows, creating a fire hazard, and sometimes even hitting my windshield, spraying embers all over my car. You do it without even knowing it because you've done it for so long. Well I've had enough. You can stop anytime you'd like to. You can stop even if you wouldn't like to.

I would happily support your rights to be free and smoke in public if you would simply quit making it so hard for me to do so. Your behavior is selfish and inconsiderate. Stop throwing your fiery trash at me and onto our landscapes. If you want my support, and even if you don't, keep your butts to yourself!

Kirk
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The good news is that the offenders tend to die from lung cancer....

fastblackmerc said:
As a cigar smoker also, I dispose on my stub in the appropriate receptacle.
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Monica!!! .....:eek:
 
I use ashtrays and never throw them on the ground when a choice is available.
I throw them out the window of the car (and always look in the mirror to make sure I won't nail someone) because they stink up the interior, and ash trays are no longer available in cars anymore. Have you ever seen one in a Marauder? They are also biodegradable, unlike other types of trash that is everywhere.
I would be more concerned with all the other **** people throw out their windows and let pile up around their homes, businesses etc. Not to mention dumping motor oil and other chemicals in the storm sewers, etc., etc.
 
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tbone said:
I use ashtrays and never throw them on the ground when a choice is available.
I throw them out the window of the car (and always look in the mirror to make sure I won't nail someone) because they stink up the interior, and ash trays are no longer available in cars anymore. Have you ever seen one in a Marauder? They are also biodegradable, unlike other types of trash that is everywhere.
I would be more concerned with all the other **** people throw out their windows and let pile up around their homes, businesses etc. Not to mention dumping motor oil and other chemicals in the storm sewers, etc., etc.
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My MM came with an ashbin, in fact both of ours have them. They fit into the cupholder.
 
tbone said:
That is not a cool or funny thing to say in the least.
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I'd have to agree with Joe on this one. My father in law passed away in 2005 at the age of 58! Yes, he smoked, and it's what killed him...rather quickly! He was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer in october and died at the end of December. I have friends who smoke, and encourage them all to quit. My father quit in his 30's, and he is now 82!
 
Throwing the butts out of the car here in the dry, drought plagued hill country of Texas is a very dangerous thing to do and yet I witness that act every week.
I wish I could show smokers the lungs of those who chose to do so...those that I saw in med school that were abused and used up (for the most part)...but smoking is a personal decision I suppose...still, it is a nasty and expensive habit (as are many others we could mention) that most often (though there are folks who live long and prosper smoking three packs a day) leads to lung dysfunction over time...and possible death.
 
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