opinion of tobacco products.

[memphis]

They're nasty as hell. I strongly approve of the TN ban on smoking in restaurants. I hate people who toss their butts from their car windows and I especially resent my coworkers who frequently go outside to smoke. And I would never, ever date anybody who smokes. All that said, what people smoke on the own time on their own property is their own business. I would hope we've learned from the "War on Drugs" enough not to ban it outright.

[memphis]

How is throwing down a cigarette butt 'littering'?  Its biodegradings.

It's not binary. Everything biodegrades eventually. But aside from making a trashy landscape, the butts accumulate and eventually can strain a local drainage system. And so they have to be cleaned up and it gets expensive.
http://www.wmctv.com/story/4406414/cigarette-butts-may-cause-storm-water-drainage-problems?redirected=true