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Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors about Cigarette-Butt Littering among College-Aged Adults in the United States

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  • Journal Title:
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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  • Description:
    This study reports attitudes, beliefs, and littering behaviors of 7532 college-aged cigarette smokers from across the United States. Four behavioral variables were measured: littering of last cigarette butt, number of butts littered in past 24 h, littering in past month, and ever having littered. Questions about beliefs centered on whether cigarette butts are biodegradable, if butts were harmful to the environment, and if butts are considered to be litter. One attitudinal question focused on whether seeing butts on the ground was bothersome. Littering was most likely among people who believed butts were biodegradable, believed they are not harmful to the environment, do not believe butts are litter, and among those with the attitude that littered butts are not bothersome. Logistic regression analyses found that the strongest influence on littering behavior was the attitude that seeing butts was bothersome. The second-strongest driver was the belief that butts are litter.
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    Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 8085
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    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA18NOS9990036
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    CC BY
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    Submitted
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    urn:sha256:d997029f4395c8dc79e390f884aeabb0c1bb9690ee3d2e54bff9805fa4a26a85
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