Measure assessed | Proportion of ‘likely plus very likely’ Responses | ||
Smokers (n=396) % (95% CI) | Non-smokers (n=414) % (95% CI) | Total sample* (n=492) % (95% CI) | |
Personal responsibility measures | |||
Fines for people caught throwing their butts away | 67.9 (63.3 to 72.5) | 74.6 (70.4 to 78.8) | 73.6 (69.7 to 77.5) |
Not allowing smoking in any public outdoor spaces to avoid butt litter in those areas | 56.1 (51.2 to 61.0) | 72.9 (68.6 to 77.2) | 70.3 (66.3 to 74.3) |
Advertising campaigns to help people understand the environmental harm caused by butt litter | 72.0 (67.6 to 76.4)‡ | 63.0 (58.4 to 67.7) | 64.5 (60.3 to 68.7) |
Adding a $2 deposit to cigarettes that people would get refunded when they returned their pack and butts to a retailer | 51.0 (46.1 to 55.9) | 56.0 (51.2 to 60.8) | 55.2 (50.8 to 59.6) |
Labels on tobacco packages telling people about the harm butt litter causes and asking them to dispose of their butts safely | 54.8 (49.9 to 59.7) | 38.2 (33.5 to 42.9) | 40.8 (36.5 to 45.1) |
Extended producer responsibility measures | |||
A new law requiring all cigarette filters to be biodegradable | 81.3 (77.5 to 85.1) | 81.2 (77.4 to 85.0) | 81.2 (77.8 to 84.7) |
An annual fee tobacco companies would have to pay (based on their market share) that would be used to meet the cost cleaning up tobacco litter | 61.6 (56.8 to 66.4) | 67.4 (52.6 to 62.2) | 66.5 (62.3 to 70.7) |
A new law that would require tobacco companies to be responsible for collecting and disposing of tobacco litter | 45.7 (40.8 to 50.6) | 53.9 (49.1 to 58.7) | 52.6 (48.2 to 57.0) |
A new law that would not allow the sale of cigarette filters and cigarettes with filters | 37.4 (32.6 to 42.2) | 57.2 (52.4 to 62.0) | 54.1 (49.7 to 58.5) |
A price increase of $2 on all tobacco products, given to local authorities to meet the cost of cleaning up tobacco litter | 36.9 (32.2 to 41.7) | 54.1 (49.3 to 58.9) | 51.4 (47.0 to 55.8) |
Estimates shown in bold indicate significant differences between smokers and non-smokers (p<0.05).
*Sample weighted by smoking status.
†Difference between smokers and non-smokers marginally significant (p<0.10).
TPW, tobacco product waste.