Don't Toss That Butt!
It's a jailable offense now to toss a cigarette butt out your car window. Via 9 News:
Firefighters throughout the Metro Denver area want drivers to know they will seek prosecution of those who would throw lit cigarettes out of their car windows. Under Colorado law, anyone convicted of the Class 2 misdemeanor could be sentenced to jail. "It happens daily," said Lt. David Marchbanks of the Denver Fire Department. "All over Denver, we have people running on weed fires that are caused by cigarettes. It's a lot of resources taken from the city."
Comments
Submitted by mickey (not verified) on Sat, 2005-07-23 07:32.
Its about time is all I can say. Even though I am a smoker, so many people who are smokers are just damned plain ignorant, tossing their butts everywhere, out their car windows, or anywhere on the street they feel like.
Personally I think they should have a special tax on cigarrettes that would go to just cleaning up after the pig smokers
who have no respect for the environment.
Submitted by Dale Hanks (not verified) on Mon, 2005-07-25 15:17.
I am also a smoker, and discourteous smokers drive me crazy. Don't smoke near other people, respect other's right to breathe non-smoky air, and don't throw your butts out. I use an empty pop can in the car, when its half full I throw it out.
Submitted by mikew (not verified) on Sun, 2005-07-24 09:00.
I agree, many many smokers with no respect for our environment use their window as an ashtray, as if the butt magically disappears. If you don't have an ashtray in your car either don't smoke or get a plastic bottle with a lid. I wish there was a way that citizens could report cars that they see throw butts out their window. I see it everyday that I drive and I want to pull them over and make them go back and pick it up. And I am a smoker.
Submitted by http://www.milehighdiscgolf.org/blog/?p=112 (not verified) on Sat, 2005-07-23 03:26.
[...] o so in the parking lot, not on the course. Conditions are similar statewide so be aware. As reported on 5280.com, tossing a cigarette butt can put you in jail. [...]
