(photo credit: Francis Xavier Pasion)
When I was still a smoker, one of the things that annoyed me about my former co-smokers was their penchant for throwing away their used cigarette butts just about anywhere. In a majority of cases, the rubbish bin was literally just a few steps away yet for some reason, they’d rather throw them on the grass, the floor, the street, etc.
I once thought that this had something to do with the fact that smokers generally have a rebellious inclination and that this non-observance of basic cleanliness norms had something to do with it. Surely, health-conscious people who advocate a worthwhile cause would not display such a willful disregard for such norms.
Well, I was wrong. Continue reading
