“Is it hard to be fit?”

I replied to Y/Moderately infuriating They vent their frustration after watching someone smoke several cigarettes and then throw them all on the ground.

Then Redditor A image Cigarette butts and other pieces of trash scattered all over the lawn.

They asked: “Is it that hard to be modest and not trashy?”

To make matters worse, Redditor described How “this garbage patch is actually two steps outside the bus stop. That’s where there’s a trash can!”

Littering is illegal and unethical, but it is still very common. There are 50 billion pieces of litter along roads and waterways in the United States, according to estimates Keep America Beautiful. This means 152 pieces of trash per person.

A large portion of the 50 billion pieces of trash is what smokers throw away: cigarettes. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, making up a third of waste every year Truth Initiative.

Whether it’s potato chip bags and soda cans or cigarette butts and fumes, all waste is harmful to the environment.

Litter pollutes the air, soil, and water, harbors and spreads disease, and kills wildlife through entanglement or ingestion. Litter often ends up in waterways, where it can easily break down into microplastic particles.

Never litter, and try to clean up any trash you come across if you can. You can make a big difference by organizing or joining a neighborhood, beach or park cleanup.

Commenters were equally frustrated with the smoker’s behavior.

“Why would anyone throw anything on the ground?” 1 user he asked. “Do smokers think about how much waste they produce, how much water they pollute, and how easy it is to prevent it?”

“The worst are cigarette smokers and people who bring alcohol into the forests/mountains but leave empty bottles and cans there,” another Redditor He added.

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