I'm of the opinion that it's smokers and the children of smokers who do the vast majority of littering (but I'm not saying all smokers are litterers).
Generalisation is my speciality. Apparently over 50% of litter in Ireland is cigarette litter. On that basis it would be fair to say that smokers cause the majority of littering. If one has the mentality to litter then it's not a quantum leap to suggest that one might also litter non-smoking related items. The children of these litterers are hardly going to be instilled with a non-litter mentality either. Also, it's just my opinion.Thats a bit of a generalisation. The vast majority of littering I see are sweet wrappers, drinks containers, chewing gum - Im not clear how this is connected to smoking?
Rather than an on-the-spot fine for littering (up to €150 methinks), offenders should have to do 2 or 3 hours as part of a litter clean-up detail. I'm of the opinion that it's smokers and the children of smokers who do the vast majority of littering (but I'm not saying all smokers are litterers).
That refers to % of sites where any of said litter is present, which is not particularly relevant. This is more recent although it has cigarette litter, if top, at only 46%. Despite this being LOS it wasn't my intention to drag this thread off-course; Good job I didn't go into my Unified Theory of Smoking, Littering, Obesity and IdiocyI could only find a publication on litter stats from 2006. Sweet papers and fast food wrappers are both higher on the list than cigarette butts.
Good job I didn't go into my Unified Theory of Smoking, Littering, Obesity and Idiocy.
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