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03/07/2012 5:37 PM
Cubby6 wrote:Listen, I'm not advocating anyone throwing their lit cigarettes out their car windows. All I was saying is that because the car companies removed the ashtrays from newer cars there are people who don't think ahead and have something to extinguish their cigarettes or really are just too lazy to care. Even though I don't smoke I think it was ill advised to remove ashtrays and cigarette lighters from cars. Because they did that there are people as I described above.
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03/07/2012 5:40 PM
curiousgeoff wrote:I use a water bottle in my car. More for fear of starting a fire in grass or something. I dont think cigarette butts on the ground is a big deal, but whatever.
Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers.
Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets.
In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals.
Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.
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03/07/2012 6:18 PM
britterp19 wrote:Cubby6 wrote:Listen, I'm not advocating anyone throwing their lit cigarettes out their car windows. All I was saying is that because the car companies removed the ashtrays from newer cars there are people who don't think ahead and have something to extinguish their cigarettes or really are just too lazy to care. Even though I don't smoke I think it was ill advised to remove ashtrays and cigarette lighters from cars. Because they did that there are people as I described above.People throwing their cigarettes out the window is nothing new. I don't think it has much to do with car companies. And how long ago did they stop putting them in cars? Mine is a 2007 and has one.
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03/07/2012 6:46 PM
Bri5 wrote:curiousgeoff wrote:I use a water bottle in my car. More for fear of starting a fire in grass or something. I dont think cigarette butts on the ground is a big deal, but whatever.Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers. Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets. In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals. Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.From this site: http://www.ny4whales.org/cigarettebutts.htmlThere was a ton I just picked the first one.
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03/07/2012 6:58 PM
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Dodooo wrote:Bri5 wrote:curiousgeoff wrote:I use a water bottle in my car. More for fear of starting a fire in grass or something. I dont think cigarette butts on the ground is a big deal, but whatever.Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers. Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets. In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals. Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.From this site: http://www.ny4whales.org/cigarettebutts.htmlThere was a ton I just picked the first one. Thank you for posting. It always angers me when people don't think about how even such "little" things can have such a big negative impact on the environment.
03/07/2012 7:43 PM
curiousgeoff wrote:Dodooo wrote:Bri5 wrote:Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers. Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets. In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals. Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.From this site: http://www.ny4whales.org/cigarettebutts.htmlThere was a ton I just picked the first one. Thank you for posting. It always angers me when people don't think about how even such "little" things can have such a big negative impact on the environment.There are a million things that are harmful to the environment that we all do, every day.
Dodooo wrote:Bri5 wrote:Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers. Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets. In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals. Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.From this site: http://www.ny4whales.org/cigarettebutts.htmlThere was a ton I just picked the first one. Thank you for posting. It always angers me when people don't think about how even such "little" things can have such a big negative impact on the environment.
Bri5 wrote:Smokers would prefer to think that tossing their butts out the window or crushing them underfoot is a harmless action, lulled by ignorance into disbelieving that such a small item could cause any damage at all. However, in clean-up events worldwide, the number one item of litter is cigarette butts. There are more butts thrown into the environment than any other single item. One who smokes a pack a day can potentially litter the earth by the mindless flick of their 20 butts per day, 7,300 items per year. In fact, over 4.5 TRILLION toxic, non-biodegradable cigarette butts are tossed into the environment annually by smokers. Smokers throw their cigarette butts everywhere. They flick them onto sidewalks. They crush them on lawns. They toss them into rivers and streams, or directly into the ocean while boating. They crush them into the sand while they lay on the beaches. Beach-combing vehicles scour and sift the public's shores for hours each morning picking up thousands of butts daily. People even empty their auto ashtrays on the streets. In the waterways and oceans of our earth, fish and marine life spend most of their time in search of food. What happens if a turtle swallows a cigarette butt? If the witch's brew of chemical toxins from the filter doesn't kill it within a few hours, the non-biodegradable cellulose filter will as it most likely settles in the stomach, blocking the digestive system. Turtles who ingest the butts will feel "full," because the butts won't dissolve or pass through the tiny stomach. The turtle will stop eating, and actually die of starvation, with a stomach "full" with the bulk of that cigarette butt. But the damage doesn't stop there. Upon the turtle's death and decomposition the butt (or fragments thereof) is released back into the environment to be consumed by the next hungry organism, creating a pernicious cycle of death until the persistent polymer and cellulose acetate materials finally break down, up to a decade later. Victims of cigarette butt-induced death span a broad range of species, from bottom or mud dwelling organisms and fish to sea birds and marine mammals. Putting aside the fact that discarded cigarette butts cause 7% of residential fires and are the second leading cause of grass fires annually, the cumulative effect of dumping this huge amount of the toxic, non-biodegradable butts into the environment represents another major threat to our already fragile and compromised ecosystems and waterways.From this site: http://www.ny4whales.org/cigarettebutts.htmlThere was a ton I just picked the first one.
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03/07/2012 9:50 PM
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03/07/2012 10:01 PM
popdontstop7684 wrote:You can get an ashtray added as an accessory. It's usually not that expensive, from what I remember seeing in the catalog for my Chevy I bought last year. And I think smokers are some of the most obnoxious people. I hate seeing butts everywhere, I hate how they blow smoke all over the place (and yes, in people's faces)...it's like they don't even try to contain it. I might get flamed for that opinion but my fiance's family is all heavy smokers and it's really annoying when he has a lung disease and I have asthma and they just smoke like chimneys all around us.
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03/07/2012 10:47 PM
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03/07/2012 10:53 PM
Mistress Darcy wrote:I don't get why smokers are so insanely rude to everyone around them. I guess they just see it as them being entitled to do their bad habits no matter how many people they are inconveniencing?
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03/07/2012 11:40 PM
Ease Your Mind wrote:Mistress Darcy wrote:I don't get why smokers are so insanely rude to everyone around them. I guess they just see it as them being entitled to do their bad habits no matter how many people they are inconveniencing? A lot of smokers feel they're the ones being inconvenienced simply because we would appreciate clean air to breathe. If it were only hurting smokers themselves, it wouldn't be as big of an issue, but if affects us all and some of them just don't care. Just like when they flick their butts out the window or on the ground.
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