Are smokers inherently litterbugs or do they just consider throwing their cigarette butts on the ground not littering.
As of Monday, Sept. 1, smoking is banned from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center campus. Since 21st Ave and it's sidewalks border VUMC but are not VUMC property smokers are now congregating on the 21st Ave. sidewalks. When they are done they throw their butts in the landscaping which is VUMC property. This ever increasing eyesore is only a month old. The visible amount of smoking trash is no longer blending with the landscaping and is not biodegrading fast enough. While I applaud VUMC's efforts to be a smoke free campus, having the smokers concentrated in a single area where ash containers are available and clean up of refuse is easier may have been the better option. Workers, patients, and visitors taking a smoke break must now go further for their habit and no longer have convenient receptacles for their waste.
