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As someone who smokes occasionally, it sounds to me like you're just making excuses. In the past 10 years or so, I don't recall ever having to throw a butt on the ground. There was always an alternative.

Regarding your #4, that sounds nice and all, but that doesn't keep butts from ending up in streams and strewn all throughout the environment.

So often people will throw their butts on the sidewalk or in the street even when there's a cigarette-specific receptacle right nearby. There seems to be a cool factor there with the way people flick their butts away.

My technique is to rub out the burning part above the filter on the bottom of my shoe and then throw the filter in the next bin I see. That's just one idea; I'm sure there are many others.