Another former-ish smoker here. I smoked a couple packs over the holidays. Back when I was a daily smoker, there were smoking areas, that had bins for butts. I’

Another former-ish smoker here. I smoked a couple packs over the holidays. Back when I was a daily smoker, there were smoking areas, that had bins for butts. I’ve since discovered that my local government had decided that people shouldn’t be smoking in public, or in outdoor areas of restaurants and bars. The result being people exclusively smoking in irregular places that have no bins, where they just end up flicking their butts on the ground. It reminds me of another recent act of my local government when they banned single use plastic bags. The supermarkets started selling ‘reusable’ plastic bags for about 25c each. Resulting in many people buying a new set of ‘reusable’ plastic bags each time they shop, and just throwing the heavier plastic bags away when they get home.