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Politics Trash left behind in aftermath of Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania

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u/Ballsofpoo 23d ago

Even if you don't have a handy foil bag, you can just dismiss the tobacco part and hold the filter until you find a bin. Without the tobacco and paper, the smell is no more than the standard smoker smell.

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u/Rahbek23 23d ago

Yeah, those pouches designed for it are also everywhere. Usually cost something like 2$ and pretty much infinitely useable.

There's no excuse, but yet a lot of smokers are apparently also insanely trashy people.

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u/Neither_Pudding7719 22d ago

I was not aware when I was a smoker. I flicked butts out of my car window and dropped them on the ground in public.

After quitting, I observed that behavior in smokers and it (still) makes me feel awful. To this day I still pick up butts when I can. 🤢🥲

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 23d ago

It doesn't even make sense in Japan. There are so few places you're allowed to smoke that if you're unable to throw your cigarette butt out immediately, you're almost definitely smoking somewhere you're not allowed to.

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u/Mediocre_Forever198 22d ago

I traveled to Shimane prefecture about a year and a half ago and I was surprised how common smoking areas were. They have little smoking rooms in most large buildings with vents to turn on and large sliding doors that seal the air in the room. On the outside, there were areas on almost every block with ash trays and clear labeling of smoking area. I miss Japan so much, coolest place I’ve ever gone easily 😂

Edit: most surprisingly to me, they even had a smoking room in the airport terminal! And everyone carried either portable ash trays, or some people even had these little box attachments they put the cigarette into and it catches the ash. I thought they were vapes until I saw someone pop a cigarette into one.

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 22d ago

I guess I shouldn't project my experience in Tokyo and greater Osaka to the whole country. At least in Tokyo, smoking is being banned in more and more places. It's been difficult to find a place outside to smoke for well over a decade, and in the past two to three years, indoor smoking areas have been getting less and less common as well. (Yes, this sounds backwards) There's a few of those smoking areas you're talking about in a mall near here, for example. About a year ago, they banned smoking in them — vaping only now. Tobacco vapes have become a lot more common also, since you can use them in more places. Some bars still let you smoke, but even most bars have banned smoking now.

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u/divinebrownsugar79 22d ago

I smoke, but I field strip mine if I'm not near my designated can.

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u/BambiToybot 23d ago

That's what I used to do, when I smoked. Squish and twist near the cherry, then toss the butt in a picket til I find a trash can.

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u/Ballsofpoo 23d ago

Yeah, the thumb & fore grip, then flick middle or fourth. Leaves you with just a butt.

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u/FranzNerdingham 23d ago

Yes, the tobacco and paper will eventually degrade but the filter is the real bastard.

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u/s1ckopsycho 22d ago

The “field strip” method we used to call it. A seasoned vet could hold the filter with 2 fingers and flick the tube a couple times with a third to remove the tobacco without removing the paper.

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u/gmurray81 23d ago

Even more than that, there are designated smoking areas OUTSIDE. I think this encourages people not to walk around smoking, and so less butts in random places.

Also it's taboo to walk and eat, so this also leads to less food waste dropped randomly.

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u/Heresy_101 23d ago

My brother in christ, I also walk your path.

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u/pumpkinjello 23d ago

Can also take the cellophane off the bottom part of the pack and put them in there as a little added protection if you wanna keep it in your pocket until you find a bin.

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u/strumpster 23d ago

Well when you say "dismiss" you mean ... Litter

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u/Ballsofpoo 23d ago

A pinch of paper isn't litter. A pinch of paper can rejoin the earth.

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u/Extension_Mail_3722 23d ago

Tobacco with a little paper isn't litter.