So they say in one of the slogans in this summer's anti-smoking billboard campaign in Illinois, but I don't know.
Cigarette butts are disgusting, sure.
Foul, spit-moistened litter discarded promiscuously by those of weak character. Volunteers picked up 600 pounds of butts during a cleanup day on Chicago-area beaches a couple of years back, a statistic for which the word gross is inadequate. Certain butts, and I will not name names, are downright appealing. And, again, the premise is false. Smoking is stupid, but it doesn't look stupid.