Where exactly on the cigarette packaging does it say, “Okay to litter”? I mean, why is it that smokers are immune from the social laws that say we won’t throw our garbage in the street? Or the beach? Or pitch it out the window of a moving car? There would be a public outrage if the same number of people threw their McDonald’s sandwich wrappers out the window. We’d probably, as a society, even ban together and sue McDonalds – forcing them to help provide a solution to help us take care of all of these social malcontents.
I’d cheer until I was hoarse if I ever saw a cop pull over a motorist for flipping the last burning butt of his addiction out the window in front of me. But I’m realistic – it’s not going to happen. We don’t pay our police officers enough to save our lives, let alone take a tough stance against litter offenders. So let’s just go for another warning on the cigarette packaging itself; right alongside “May cause cancer” and “Do not smoke while pregnant”.
“Cigarette smoking may cause you to be a dumbass.”