Fines for dropping cigarette butts

Parliament is tomorrow set to approve new legislation fining people who leave cigarette butts on the street.

in News · 13 Jun 2019, 09:56 · 3 Comments

Some criticism has been levelled at the extent of the fines, which are proposed to start at 500 euros for individuals and reach 9,000 euros for companies who fail to adequately set up areas for workers to extinguish their cigarettes.

According to estimates, around 7,000 cigarette butts are left on streets and sidewalks every minute in Portugal.

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Comments

Finally! Hopefully dog fouling and spitting won't be far behind.

By DV from UK on 15 Jun 2019, 22:01

Well done lawmakers. I'm irritated by smokers. I dont want to breathe their foul toxic smoke and I dont want to tread on their disgusting cigarette butts.

By Stuart H Watson from Algarve on 16 Jun 2019, 12:10

I am pleased to see this news because cigarette butts thrown carelessly if still lit can cause wildfires, and otherwise are still very bad because they are a source of plastic pollution and toxins which end up in the environment killing wildlife!

By Steve Andrews from Other on 16 Jun 2019, 12:50