Both are responsible, but no amount of advertising makes it okay for the individual to litter. Everything that happens after purchase is the consumer's responsibility.

How about we start imprinting the butts with a serial number that is associated with the purchaser's ID at time of purchase. Then we start fining individuals who improperly dispose of their trash. While tobacco companies are responsible for the origin of the trash, the consumers are the ones responsible for the litter.

I don't do it myself, but I don't dislike finding them in used books. It's kind of like peering into the mind of a previous reader.

Straight to the shadow realm.

Do they have to keep paying Disney prices? Because THAT seems like the real atrocity.

I kind of think the U.S. needs to adopt this kind of rotation. We have this massive problem of being forced to vote for the lesser of two evils. My opinion is that biggest reason we have this problem is that we give power to those who campaign for it. It takes a level of narcissism to decide to be a public figure. Narcissists are attracted to power, Thus American politics is filled with sociopaths who want to monetize suffering.

Not every American politician is like this, but enough are, that it makes it very easy to generalize and get turned off of politics altogether. Which is still a win for the sociopaths.