12/7/2003: Marlboro baby

[daniwong]

Originally posted by wolf
I don't like the "treating the whole world as a recepticle for butts" thing either.

Any of you who have ever seen me smoke in an outdoor venue know what I do ... the butt gets twisted between my fingers a bit until the ember falls to the ground, which gets stomped on ... and the filter is checked for remaining ember, then goes into (usually) my watchpocket (which has no other useful purpose on modern bluejeans) to be discarded at the next available trashcan. I do the same thing in parking lots ... no just tossing.

I was even once complimented on this behavior by one of the dancers at a Pow-Wow.

Wolf - you and I do the same thing. Except I have one of those nifty portable ashtrays that you can stick in a pocket. Drives me crazy cleaning up butts around my apartment - can't imagine forcing anyone else to do this. EEWWWW

[Hubris Boy]

Originally posted by wolf
<snip>what I do ... the butt gets twisted between my fingers a bit until the ember falls to the ground, which gets stomped on ... and the filter is checked for remaining ember, then goes into (usually) my watchpocket (which has no other useful purpose on modern bluejeans) to be discarded at the next available trashcan. </snip*gt

That's too much work. That's why I smoke Camels.

[Riddil]

And this could completely be a bit of smoker-urban-legend... but I *heard*...

That aren't cig butts bio-degradable now? Something like if you throw a butt on the ground it's less than just a couple of months and it's completely broken down?

[xoxoxoBruce]

I don't think so, Riddil. From personal observation, that may be true of the outside wrapper on the filter, but the fiber itself seems much more persistant. It won't even blow away like a dandilion when unwrapped.