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When did it become ok to throw cigarette Burts on the ground?

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  • 30-05-2015 1:59pm
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    fret_wimp2
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    When did it become ok to throw cigarette butts on the ground?
    It seems to be the norm now. I counted 12 people doing this in the 5 mins I was waiting for the luas on Friday morning.

    If I grew sweet wrappers on the ground I'd expect to be Givin out to or fined, but it seems acceptable if it's cigarette Butts.


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    catallus
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    Butts, heheh :)


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    #3
    Nucular Arms
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    Since always.


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    Menas
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    Some people think that because they are biodegradable that it is OK.
    Others think that they risk putting a bin on fire by putting butts in there.
    Yes others are just scummy.


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    kneemos
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    Since we voted yes for butts


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    HandsomeDan
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    Depends on where you are. Knackers are more inclined to litter than respectable people. Just one if those things.


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    Ruu
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    Eh people have always done it, nothing new.


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    darkpagandeath
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    You slap his face, I will steal his cigar....


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    stimpson
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    It's the Earnies I'm concerned about. Nobody ever thinks of the Earnies


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    Forgotten password 99
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    I think it became alright on the 14th of December 1983.


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    mikom
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    fret_wimp2 wrote: »
    When did it become ok to throw cigarette Burts on the ground?

    You can't have Smokey without the bandit


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    Niemoj
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    Poor Burt!


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    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    My Burt Hurts


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    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,260 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    It's always been done and it was always scummy behaviour. Most smokers don't seem to consider it litter for some reason or else just don't give a shít


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    fussyonion
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    Am I meant to put it in my pocket?


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    Banjo String
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doolvFSlQ7c


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    222233
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    If there were sufficient bins and places to dock cigarettes it wouldn't be necessary, I would always walk to a bin if its walking distance having said that I never throw mine on the ground, I usually dock them on the ground then wrap it in tissue until I find a bin. People still stare at me as if I am a criminal when I do this.


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    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,260 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    fussyonion wrote: »
    Am I meant to put it in my pocket?

    Are you meant to throw it on the ground?
    What do you do when you're inside? Throw it on the ground too? It's not rocket science.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Bins tend to go on fire if they are thrown in them. Need more ashtrays.


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    catallus
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    Hitler didn't smoke.

    Just sayin'.


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    harry Bailey esq
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    catallus wrote: »
    Hitler didn't smoke.

    Just sayin'.

    Hitler very pragmatic in his views on smoking and its effect on public health he banned smoking in public buildings,a bold move in an age where smoking was fashionable.But,just like the anti tobacco warriors we see plenty of on this forum,he was a fascist arsehole.


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    thelad95
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    It's absolutely not ok. What makes it worse is when there's a bin for butts but you still see them scattered around the ground near the bin. Disgusting.


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    cloud493
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    I eat mine personally.


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    kneemos
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    Are you meant to throw it on the ground?
    What do you do when you're inside? Throw it on the ground too? It's not rocket science.


    Exactly.He wouldn't steal a car.


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    JacquesDeLad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 969 ✭✭✭JacquesDeLad


    Maybe if they were more expensive people wouldn't throw them away.


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    identer
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭identer


    Since when my granddad picked one up


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    identer
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭identer


    Since when my granddad lit one.


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    fussyonion
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    Are you meant to throw it on the ground?
    What do you do when you're inside? Throw it on the ground too? It's not rocket science.

    So I throw it in a bin? And set fire to it?
    What is your suggestion please?
    I don't smoke inside either. I have an ashtray-bucket thing out the back. Until someone starts providing ashtrays on every street corner, I don't see where else I'm meant to throw my butt.


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    bnt
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    Smoking already tells people you don't care about the local environment (or yourself), so dropping the butt is just an extension of that your apathy. Sometimes you even cough up a chunk of black lung and spit it out on to the street. Just to complete the Trifecta, y'know. :rolleyes:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    [Deleted User]
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    catallus wrote: »
    Hitler didn't smoke.

    Just sayin'.
    I don't smoke either.

    That's probably the only thing I have in common with him. :P


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    [Deleted User]
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    fussyonion wrote: »
    So I throw it in a bin? And set fire to it?
    What is your suggestion please?
    I don't smoke inside either. I have an ashtray-bucket thing out the back. Until someone starts providing ashtrays on every street corner, I don't see where else I'm meant to throw my butt.

    It's easy flick the bit that's burning off the cigarette and the throw it in the bin.


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