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Last september there was a street fair in Haslingden and rossendale council were giving out to smokers little packets that you could carry round with you and if you had a fag you could put the stub out in the packet and no it wouldnt set fire to it. It could be used 5 times and then you throw it away. I got a couple but dont know where i put them. They would be handy for round accy wouldnt they.

Found one of them
heres a link to their site
Stubbi - Shop

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Yep; it's like the on the spot fines you can get for swearing and dropping any litter; they took his name and address.The ticket they gave him looked a bit like a parking ticket.

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yesterday after work went to gregss to get a pasty and i saw this 2 ladies with yellow waistcoats that said enviromental health on it, they were giving a fine to this girl that throwed a paper in floor, the girl well a woman really was crying and i was laughing my head of,im sure she will learn next time not to throw things on floor and try to be cleaver when she is asked to pick it up

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I agree you should not drop fag ends on the floor: I do smoke myself... and I always use a bin ( though most do not provide suitable ones to put out fags) Fire waiting to happen unless the powers that be provide safe bins...

however Community Officers have they really nothing better to do: they could start on the under age drinkers and drug users that gather at the steps at the back of the arndale.... or maybe even pick up the mess that is always there broken bottles / condoms/ and other cr*p that is there....

Oh and how about the gum chewers... wonder how many of them get fined and there mess just won't sweep up:

Just got back from Spain.... could smoke inside in most area's .... cost of living much cheaper and SUNSHINE really going to consider moving out of this crazy country stick of it here and the stupid rules and regs:

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Well, just got a reply as follows:-

'Dear Kate,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your question.

The problem of cigarette litter has grown significantly since the implementation of the recent smoking ban and the Council is looking at the best way to tackle it.

Unfortunately, it is not as simple as erecting lots of 'ash trays' around the town centres. As there are many issues surrounding ownerships of shop walls, planning issues surrounding what materials can be erected not that Broadway street furniture is all stainless steel, the cost of ash trays in this material is extremely high.

Not withstanding that, Enforcement officers are working with local business to provide suitable receptacles for their staff, (many of who are responsible for the litter). Police Community Officers are handing out on the spot fines to people dropping litter. In addition, my street cleansing department has just purchased a new piece of equipment to help suck up this type of litter and you have noticed various displays on Council vehicles trying to educated residents of the problems litter causes.

I hope this shows that we are tackling the issue and hope you see improvements over the coming year.'

Yours sincerely

S Riley
Waste Services Manager

Suppose one way of looking at it is, with this new machine, easier to suck it up off the floor, rather than empty an ash tray . ? So carry on with your little portables folks and don't get caught. :(

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thanks for that kate, the useless sods never bothered to answer the query about the REMOVAL of the EXISTING bins, no issue with that wall, was already on it.

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So does sex;)

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I quit smoking when my surgeon suggested that quitting was a better alternative to dying. But I do think that the smoking nazis are becoming a little too punitive. They seem to believe that by punishing smokers and by making it difficult to smoke outside by hiding or removing ashtrays they will convince smokers to quit. It's an addiction for christ's sake! And a damned hard one to get rid of. If the fines went into a fund to create programmes for those who wish to quit or to convince the non-smoking youth that tobacco addiction is dangerous not only to smokers but also to non-smokers that would be ok. But, from some of the posts, one gets the idea that this is just one more local govt. cash grab.

I know it's a little off topic; but, it also p***es me off that the smoking nazis seem to have turned smoking into a moral issue ... suggesting that smokers are somehow worse people than non-smokers.

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That is very true, Eric, there has been an aspect of the anti-smoking brainwashing that suggests smokers are morally and socially inferior. It annoys me intensely that this pathetic government thinks the way to reduce smoking is to demonize smokers. Although I no longer smoke I sympathise with smokers who, in my opinion, are treated abominably.

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Eric n West Ender, reasons you think this way. (1) yer ex smokers. (2) ya got sense n can see the big picture.;)

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Was in Haslingden on tuesday and i picked up another couple of the stubbi packs - for free. They are giving them away in Rossendale. What about hyndburn doing that instead of giving fines out give them a stubbi - then they have no excuse for throwing the cig ends away. If they do then they deserve to be fined.

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probably cos hyndburns to busy being excellant to bother about its people.:rolleyes:

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What is a stubbi? :confused:

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from what i can gather its a box/container to put yer fag ends in lilly.

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Stubbi - Shop

one of them. Its a pouch that you can put your lit fags into and stub them out. seal it and it dont smell or set fire to it.