Article: Style File; John's got a great way to stub out the problem of cigarette ends blowing away.(Features)

Article: Battle of the butts fought by Trafalgar; LITTER PATROL: New ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  January 18, 2006 ;     630 words ... ... Martin Smith A NEW machine to suck up cigarette ends should help smarten up the pavements ... a way similar to a vacuum cleaner. Cigarette ends and chewing gum are the most common ... with the chewing gum problem. "But cigarette ends are difficult to collect as they are ...

Article: LITTER SPIES HIT STREETS; Fines for dropping cigarette ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  November 17, 2004 ;     626 words ... ... dropping litter, including cigarette ends, and a further three for allowing ... prosecuting people for dropping cigarette ends. ``While officers aren ... specifically targeting people who drop cigarette ends it should be recognised this ...

Article: Outdoor smokers face pounds 75 penalty over discarded ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  July 12, 2007 ;     433 words ... ... they face litter fines if they drop cigarette ends outside Liverpool's pubs. Pavements ... have become littered with discarded cigarette ends since the UK-wide workplace smoking ... is "no excuse" for smokers to drop cigarette ends. Peter Lewis of the city centre neighbourhood ...

Article: Lack of respect for environment ; Smokers should pay more ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  November 15, 2007 ;     449 words ... ... attention to how they dispose of their cigarette ends. Regardless of one's views on smoking ... many other things which block drains; cigarette ends are not the only culprit. A Scunthorpe ... Smokers should dispose sensibly of their cigarette ends. The council should ensure such ...

Article: Cigarette ends go up in smoke.(Products & ...
The Safety & Health Practitioner;  November 1, 2003 ;     408 words ... ... tackling the issue of smoking and how to dispose of unwanted cigarette ends. Described as being low cost at [pounds sterling]90 ... transport terminals, inside or out. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cigarette ends are simply dropped into the unit through a small covered ...

Article: Discarded cigarette ends a risk to wildlife
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 3, 2007 ;     454 words ... ... for smokers to extinguish and dispose of their cigarette ends properly. Cigarette litter presents three major ... life - first, an ingestion and choking hazard. Cigarette ends have been found in the stomach of many different ...

Article: Smokers in Angus who drop cigarette ends to face ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  April 18, 2007 ;     511 words ...Smokers who drop cigarette ends on the streets in Angus will soon face a pounds50 fine. A rise ... fixed penalty notices to stub out the problem. New bins for cigarette ends will be mounted on lampposts and metal stub-out plates will ...