Cigarette Butt Litter
 

Isn't it against the law to litter? Isn't a cigarette butt liter? There seem to be more butts around and they stay around until someone else picks up their litter.

Smokers please don't litter. :)

Walk around any green on a championship course and you will see many cigarette butts. It is disgusting.

Yup, worse than dog poop!

I bet more dog owners pick up their dog's poop than smokers pick up their cigarette butts.:evil6:

Which would you rather step on? :evil6:

I think you know the answer to that...I was being facetious. This is gonna be another popcorn thread.

Well, I'm here full-time and play courses three or four time per week and I don't see all the butts you are talking about. In fact, I see very few butts on the ground anywhere.

Just my observation and it looks to me like the smokers are picking up after themselves pretty good.

What one has killed millions of people ?

I bet dog poop is hard to lite

IL Litter Control Act $1500 fine for cigarette butts
 

Toss a cigarette butt, go to jail
BY Evan Bernick January 10, 2014 6:54PM

Forget about merely annoying others with bad manners: In Illinois, people who throw cigarette butts on the ground can face jail time — up to a whopping three years.

Illinois’ updated “Litter Control Act” subjects anyone who tosses a cigarette butt outside the trash to criminal penalties. The first offense is a Class B misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $1,500. The second offense is a Class A misdemeanor. Three strikes and you’re a felon, facing from one year to three years behind bars and a $25,000 fine.

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This is one of our many new laws that likely has more to do with raising money than the public good.

I was going to say, Where are you seeing all the cigarette butts? I go to the squares and many other places in The Villages and I can't recall ever seeing a cigarette butt on the ground here.

Played De La Vista today..........didn't see any cig butts there.

I frequently see butts on the course - most cigs - but have also seen that god-awful cigar stub as well. I pretty much shake my head and think "what the hell is wrong with people"?

Could you please identify the courses about which you are posting? Have you reported the litter to the course Ambassador[s]? If yes, how did they respond? Do they care?

Just an observance right here in my own yard. I constantly pick up butts in my yard....they are not mine as I ALWAYS DISPOSE PROPERLY! The butts in my yard are as a result of our lawn mowing service. I only recently discovered this as I noticed the rider on the mower always has a cigarette as well as the kid who operates the edger. I do plan to speak to them about this.