In England Cigarette Butts are called Fag Stubs. Which name is worse cig butts or fag stubs? I am not sure...but the problem there is as bad as it is here, maybe worse.
London seems to be making great traction in their battle. I may contact "Keep Britain Tidy" to pick their brains. They launched a huge campaign about 1.5 weeks before
we did here in PDX. Their campaign included the construction of this HUGE butt right in Trafalgar Square to raise awareness, great idea!
The article is disturbing in that the # of butts soared for them after the smoking ban. I fear the same for PDX come January. Interesting that they don't really mention that they are motivated to be 'green', their message is "dumping fag stubs on the ground is disgusting and people responsible will face fines.". I like it.
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Actually, we call them 'fag ENDS', not butts or buts. From one who is LOVING that smoking ban - and we got it in Scotland first.
The down side is that you end up going through a cloud of smoke when you leave most buildings round here. The up side is that all the bars and restaurants are smoke free, which is 100% pure dead brilliant and encourages you to go out and try ALL the new eateries in town...!
Here's some more info, from the Scottish side of things.... nice website for you. Not everything in the UK happens in London.... as you'll see here!
http://www.clearingtheairscotland.com/
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