The answer has to do with identity and belonging
According to officials, North Wildwood will collect and ship the cigarette butts to TerraCycle, which will then process them into plastic pellets for use in a variety of recycled products like shipping pallets, ashtrays, and park benches while the remaining tobacco will enter a composter
[26] on the other hand, only examined current e-cigarette use, without accounting for prior smoking history: had there been a significant association between e-cigarette use and onset of respiratory symptoms, it could be due to prior cigarette smoking, in which case adjusting for pack-years would be necessary (though not necessarily sufficient) to account for this [14]
it is a national problem that affects everyone at multiple levels, from the minor tedium of secondhand smoke inhalation at restaurants and bars, to the financial burden of increased healthcare costs that we all must shoulder, to the pain and suffering that comes with losing loved ones to tobacco-related death and disease