The Villages is not an ashtray.
 

It seems that there are quite a few people who think that The Villages is an ashtray. They may be very clean, neat people in other ways but they do not see any problem throwing butts and empty packs on the ground. There needs to be a change in mindset. Anyone have any thoughts on the subject?

It is disgraceful to see all the butts tossed along cart paths, sidewalks and yards along the sides! Don't have any idea what gives smokers the idea that it's OK to just toss them anywhere. Cigar butts and the plastic ends to those little cigars are also quit abundant. Any thoughts on how to get smokers to stop littering!!

If they can't,won't, or don't want to quit smoking.....they most likely also don't care about littering.

butts,not the only trash they throw out of their cart

Get your local police to start issuing warnings about littering....

[QUOTE=HHMAN;561408]It is disgraceful to see all the butts tossed along cart paths, sidewalks and yards along the sides! Don't have any idea what gives smokers the idea that it's OK to just toss them anywhere. Cigar butts and the plastic ends to those little cigars are also quit abundant. Any thoughts on how to get smokers to stop littering!![/QUOTE]

This sure is not a recent question. It was even worse when we all smoked!

Think police have better things to do.If its a problem,organize a clean-up.

Once I get settled in down there I'm going to organize the Butt Pickers Clubs.

That's funny. That's one club I don't want to join since I don't want to pick anyone else's.

Found (another) cig butt on the golf course, Turtle Mound, on Wednesday morning.

Geez, don't involve the rest of us in your nasty habit!

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Stop and think about the mentality of someone who believes they have a right to discard their trash anywhere they please. It is not only a digusting habit it is plain arrogant, ignorant and lazy

I counted 78 cigarette butts between the Duval Mail Station and Canal Street one night while walking my dog. And not one dog poop. Cigarette filters are not biodegradable.

People that smoke are nasty plain and simple.
Sorry if that offends anyone, but in 2012 with what we know about cigarettes, you are nasty if you smoke in public.

How about a $5 deposit on each cigarette which is refunded when you purchase the next pack if you have all 20 butts and the pack. I'll vote for that.

My father used to comment that cigarette smokers could walk knee deep through cigarette butts without noticing them. They seem oblivious to just tossing the butt on the ground, sidewalk or street, perhaps making a half-hearted gesture of stepping on it and then blithely going about their business. Ironically this article just popped up in the news. Secondhand Smoke Kills 42,000 Nonsmokers a Year in US - Yahoo! News

That is probably an understatement. How about the smokers who smoke outside the doorways of various buildings or who leave their burning cigs in ashtrays outside buildings so we all get to walk through the poisonous stench?