Cigarette Litter: Smokers’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Jessica M. Rath, Rebecca A. Rubenstein, Laurel E. Curry, Sarah E. Shank and Julia C. Cartwright
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Jessica M. Rath: Research & Evaluation Department, Legacy, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Rebecca A. Rubenstein: Research & Evaluation Department, Legacy, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Laurel E. Curry: Research & Evaluation Department, Legacy, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Sarah E. Shank: Communications Department, Legacy, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Julia C. Cartwright: Communications Department, Legacy, 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA

IJERPH, 2012, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: Cigarette butts are consistently the most collected items in litter clean-up efforts, which are a costly burden to local economies. In addition, tobacco waste may be detrimental to our natural environment. The tobacco industry has conducted or funded numerous studies on smokers’ littering knowledge and behavior, however, non-industry sponsored research is rare. We sought to examine whether demographics and smokers’ knowledge and beliefs toward cigarette waste as litter predicts littering behavior. Smokers aged 18 and older (n = 1,000) were interviewed about their knowledge and beliefs towards cigarette waste as litter. Respondents were members of the Research Now panel, an online panel of over three million respondents in the United States. Multivariate logistic regressions were conducted to determine factors significantly predictive of ever having littered cigarette butts or having littered cigarette butts within the past month ( p -value

Keywords: tobacco; litter; environment, cigarette filters, cigarette butt trash, butt waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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