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IT'S amazing how many smokers flick their cigarette butt on to the street without considering they are littering just as much as someone who drops an empty crisp packet.

No butts - officers focus on smoking-related litter; Those who drop cigarette ends or matches face PS120 penalty

Dropping a cigarette butt or gum is a littering offence which can lead to a [pounds sterling]120 fixed penalty notice or a fine of up to [pounds sterling]2,500 and a criminal conviction if the matter proceeds to court.

Smokers in Cheshire West urged to 'park their butt' NOT litter! Those who dispose of their butts appropriately will be rewarded with free pocket ashtray; Those who dispose of their butts appropriately will be rewarded with free pocket ashtray

The official Rubbish Youths Facebook page said last week that the cigarette butt clean-up campaign is being conducted every weekend by volunteers from Preah Sihanouk Province and Phnom Penh.

Rubbish Youths collect 10K cigarette butts at Sihanoukville beach

A driver has been handed a [pounds sterling]2,000 fine after being caught flicking cigarette butt out of car window.

Driver fined almost [pounds sterling]2,000 for flicking cigarette butts out of car window; Gary Jones failed to attend two court hearings which racked up the total fine from [pounds sterling]300 to nearly [pounds sterling]2,000

A scaffolding firm that has worked on the roof of Notre-Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral's oak-framed roof last week.

Scaffolding firm says workers smoked at Paris' Notre-Dame

One environmentalist, Gina Fernandes, nearly paid the price with her life because of an irresponsible smoker who threw a cigarette butt into a balcony of her building, causing a fire to erupt.

KT for good: Up to Dh100,000 fine for littering in UAE

Once he spots them smoking, he will follow them until they discard the cigarette butt on the street, capture the evidence, and then testify against them.

Cigarette butt buster makes NT$100,000 per month in W. Taiwan

Felicity Rodgers Why are they only fining people who drop a cigarette butt? Surely their time would be better spent chasing flytippers ...

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A CROWN court judge cleared a grandmother who was wrongly fined for allegedly dropping a cigarette butt in a car park.

Woman cleared of dropping cigarette

KINGDOM litter teams have been directly targeting smokers in Liverpool - with cigarette butt penalties making up over 90% of all tickets handed out.

Litter squad targeting city smokers; News 90% of fines issued for discarded cigarette ends

Now a team at RMIT University led by Dr Abbas Mohajerani has demonstrated that bricks with as little as 1 percent cigarette butt content can cut brick production costs and help the environment.

Make bricks with butts