[Great Dane]

The reason may be a practical one. Litter. Smokers,as a group, are very filthy. Cigarette butts all over the entranceways, and all over the lawns. The butts far outnumber any other scrap of trash. Maybe the corporations just got tired of cleaning it up.

There you go again, trust me I see a lot of non-smokers litter, guess it's alright to litter with diapers, fast food containers, plastic jugs, papers and whatever else people litter with...... just as long as it is "BUTT's." such hypocricy.

[steve50]

I see a lot of coffee cups everywhere I go. Time to get those caffiene addicts under control. What's happened to this place, can't find a statist position that's not supported here anymore.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

There you go again, trust me I see a lot of non-smokers litter, guess it's alright to litter with diapers, fast food containers, plastic jugs, papers and whatever else people litter with...... just as long as it is "BUTT's." such hypocricy.

The butts far outnumber anything else. Maybe smokers think that because it's a small item, it doesn't matter as much as a dirty diaper chucked out the side window or by the bank entranceway. However, that thinking causes the stuff to really accumulate and create a yucky mess. The filters take a long time to degrade with the result that there are heaps of the c**p by the curb and in the grass.