You are so right! Which reminds me of the following cartoon:
"If you want to smoke in your car, enjoy yourself. I just prefer you not waste your hard-earned money by letting the smoke out for others who don't care for it."
I was going to write you a serious response, but it's obvious that you are irrational about this subject. Complaining about cigarette smoke escaping from someone's car while driving is just ridiculous - the other vehicles around you are spewing toxic chemicals in much larger quantities than a whole busload of smokers could produce. The smoke dissipates within seconds of hitting the great outdoors.
I do agree with you on the subject of the disposed butts, but when I was a smoker I used to do it, too. The lack of an ashtray and a desire to keep the car's interior smelling nice were part of it, and just plain thoughtlessness another part of it. When not in my car I always made sure my butt ended up in an ashtray or garbage can, even when one wasn't handy and I had to field strip my cigarette and carry the butt until I could get rid of it. Of course, there are a lot of people who seem to think its OK to throw coffee cups and fast food packaging out the window as they drive, too, and I never do that.
I'm not irrational about this. As I have said many times before, both on this thread anothers before it, I can tolerate cigarette smoke. I don't like it that much, but I can tolerate it. I don't ask people not to smoke around me, and I oppose laws restricting smoking. How much more rational can one be?
My observation about venting cigarette smoke is that even smokers don't seem to really like the smoke around them, so they roll the car window down. Smokers don't want smoke in their cars making them smell bad. I actually agree with them, but THEY are the ones who cause the smoke to be there. And smoking has become a pretty expensive habit (and if people want to spend their money on tobacco I am ok with that too. It's their choice, and it should be their choice.)
I do question some of the logic of smokers, though. And that may be because I, having never smoked, just can't appreciate the pleasure and joy that it provides. Otherwise, why would people stand out in the rain and cold to smoke? Why would they avoid certain otherwise really good restaurants just because they require the smoker to postpone their habit (or custom, or pleasurable experience, if you like) until they leave the building? Why would they smoke around oxygen tanks, as the elderly lady not too far from here (Winston-Salem, NC) did, with explosive and deadly results? Why would they smoke around their children, even if there is no evidence that second-hand smoke is harmful (and I agree that it probaby is not harmful, except to those who may be allergic or hyper-sensitive), when is uncomfortable for them? I have my suspicions, but I don't know. There just seems to be holes in smokers' logic. I still support their right to smoke. I just don't get why they choose to do it (if it remains a choice).
You are so right! Which reminds me of the following cartoon: