Letter: Smokers should cleanup after themselves

Published: Friday, Aug. 31 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

An ashtray full of cigarette butts.

Nati Harnik, File, Associated Press

Summary

Smokers should pick up their trash.

Wherever I walk — be it to a store, park, doctor's office, etc. — I see cigarette butts littering the ground. Dog owners carry a bag to dispose of their doggie's waste to protect the environment. Wouldn't it be great if smokers would do the same thing and carry a bag to put their discarded butts in?

L.M. Henriksen

Lindon

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LDS Tree-Hugger

Farmington, UT

"Smokers should cleanup after themselves"

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Fine.

But shouldn't this letter be "People should cleanup after themselces"?

Singling out just "Smokers" shows a bias and More..

8:44 a.m. Aug. 31, 2012
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Hutterite

American Fork, UT

Smokers are among the worst offenders, along with consumers of fast food. They think the world is their rubbish bin, and cleanup is someone elses' problem. The worst, however, are the smokers you see throwing lit butts out of their car. We live More..

10:34 a.m. Aug. 31, 2012
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

I agree. And a similar letter could be written for soda drinkers, the fairly large number of dog owners who don't clean up, candy bar eaters, fast-food patrons, potato chip eaters, etc. People are slobs.

8:01 a.m. Aug. 31, 2012
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