I live on a very heavily travelled road and have 500 feet of road frontage. In my regular cleaning of the ditches I find FAR more fast food trash and liquor/beer/soda bottles/cans than I find cigarette butts.
BTW, no one throws a cigarette butt out my car window; if they do it will be the last time they do such a stupid thing.........I'll stop the car and make them get out and find it. There is an ashtray in my car and it is used for only one thing -- discarding cigarettes.
I will grant you that there are many inconsiderate people out there. As you point out cigarette butts are certainly not the only thing thrown out on the side of the road. It’s a shame people act that way.
I’m proud of our beautiful nation. Sounds like you are too. Good for you.
Well, you are definitely one of the more polite smokers and I thank you for that. :-)