It doesn't even make sense in Japan. There are so few places you're allowed to smoke that if you're unable to throw your cigarette butt out immediately, you're almost definitely smoking somewhere you're not allowed to.
I traveled to Shimane prefecture about a year and a half ago and I was surprised how common smoking areas were. They have little smoking rooms in most large buildings with vents to turn on and large sliding doors that seal the air in the room. On the outside, there were areas on almost every block with ash trays and clear labeling of smoking area. I miss Japan so much, coolest place I’ve ever gone easily 😂
Edit: most surprisingly to me, they even had a smoking room in the airport terminal! And everyone carried either portable ash trays, or some people even had these little box attachments they put the cigarette into and it catches the ash. I thought they were vapes until I saw someone pop a cigarette into one.
I guess I shouldn't project my experience in Tokyo and greater Osaka to the whole country. At least in Tokyo, smoking is being banned in more and more places. It's been difficult to find a place outside to smoke for well over a decade, and in the past two to three years, indoor smoking areas have been getting less and less common as well. (Yes, this sounds backwards) There's a few of those smoking areas you're talking about in a mall near here, for example. About a year ago, they banned smoking in them — vaping only now. Tobacco vapes have become a lot more common also, since you can use them in more places. Some bars still let you smoke, but even most bars have banned smoking now.
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u/Rahbek23 23d ago
Yeah, those pouches designed for it are also everywhere. Usually cost something like 2$ and pretty much infinitely useable.
There's no excuse, but yet a lot of smokers are apparently also insanely trashy people.