webfact Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Cha-am beach still littered with cigarette butts after smoking ban is imposed By Thai PBS Cigarette butts are still littering the beach at Cha-am but lesser than previously, officials of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said. The survey of Cha-am beach was conducted during October 16-17 after a pilot project of smoking ban was first introduced here before the planned inposition of smoking ban on 20 beaches next month. From the two-day inspection of the Cha-am beach in Phetburi province, cigarette butts could still be found on the beach, but dropped by 0.62 butt in a square metre of space. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cha-beach-still-littered-cigarette-butts-smoking-ban-imposed/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-10-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Have those guys really have nothing better to do ??? Pathetic way to work out that fag ends are litter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I am stunned ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I suspect people have been smoking on the beaches of Thailand for well over 60 years.....or more.? The dog ends are not going to disappear overnight because they have banned smoking. Until they get proper beach sand cleaning machines there is going be to all manner of rubbish imbedded in the sand...look at Pukhet - they found a "Torpedo" that was "a hundred years old".....is there an imogi for tongue in cheek ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It's pretty simple really. Put your butts in something. Don't litter. EASY. Wonder how many used condoms they found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Maybe people are there puffing away at night. Is the ban enforced 24 hours a day and during the rain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 "Cha-am beach still littered with cigarette butts after smoking ban is imposed" It would be if they weren't removed in the first place! They're not filming a Frank Spencer sketch, are they! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 To be honest, I'd rather step on a soggy fag end than a broken bottle, but you can still bring glass bottles on the beaches ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 they make tractors that could filter the sand. its not rocket science that if you dont clean it, it doesnt get clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Time to make an investigation on how many butts were from locals and how many from farangs!!. Looks like some juicy hefty fines are on their way, against tourists and expats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, yellowboat said: Maybe people are there puffing away at night. Is the ban enforced 24 hours a day and during the rain ? Nah, it is the fish that smoke the fags!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Of course, the easy answer would be to stop making filtered cigarettes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan B Tong Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just field strip your cigarettes. Any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloagain Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 4 hours ago, joecoolfrog said: I am stunned ! There will still be butts if ob bor tor dont pick them up. I dont smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It's pretty simple really. Put your butts in something. Don't litter. EASY. Wonder how many used condoms they found?Condoms and butts, that's a beach to stay away from!![emoji30] Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyMeatball Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Cha am beaches are littered with far more environmentally dangerous pollutants worse than cigarette butts! I have been there several times & each time I am picking up plastic!! If you go, I suggest you take a rake, shovel & large garbage bags. Do your bit to clean up & set an example for these half wits! Do Thais not understand that plastic does not decompose? <deleted> are they teaching in schools, on TV, at the temples?? Worst fricken polluters I have ever come across! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 58 minutes ago, helloagain said: There will still be butts if ob bor tor dont pick them up. I dont smoke Yes exactly! I am stunned that they consider this ridiculous exercise to be anything other than a comic sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Every Wednesday they close the seating areas to clean up the beach. It seems to have gotten very bad in the last few days. No, they don't clean it. And you could count the number of foreigners on the beach recently on one hand. When they do come they usually sit on the rental seats and the renters are usually pretty good about giving you a container to put your garbage and butts in. But on Mondays after the weekend "mat" parties there is bottles, plastic, food containers etc. If they are going to actually have police on the beach just start fining people who leave their trash and walk away. There is no need to get all heavy handed on what you can do. But there needs to be a sense of responsibility instilled. Come, enjoy and then clean up your mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbalEd Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 10 hours ago, Juan B Tong said: Just field strip your cigarettes. Any questions? Yeah, I have a question: What about the filters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Am I the only one who considers reports like quoteFrom the two-day inspection of the Cha-am beach in Phetburi province, cigarette butts could still be found on the beach, but dropped by 0.62 butt in a square metre of space. unquote not only hilariously funny but utterly ridiculous under the consideration, that this can be read worldwide and that, among the least of Thailand's problems, cigarette buds might be ranking? This, matched with the sunbathing tourist between piles of garbage on Jomtien, is both considered Thailand and Hua Hin featured tons of dead fish stenching during the day at the "pristine" beaches. Just saying ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 This beach is 95%+ a Thai beach. Not many falangs. I guess thats why no report on fining them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn1per Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 a couple of strategically placed fines and they could buy a few of these...... http://www.beachcleaner.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpicyMeatball Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Gunnar Horpestad said: This is so pathetic as it can be. Thailand, you are making a foul out of yourself. The world is laughing big time It's gonna become that way more & more when all this nonsensical banning this & that bs gets out to the international media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yeah, but. . . I am not a smoker but I sympathise with anyone who is and fancies a day out on the beach with the wife/husband and kids. Nicotine is as addictive of heroin and to expect cigarette addicts to sweat it out for hours desperate for a drag is as sadistic as it is unnecessary. A more sensible solution would be to allow smoking, but insist on smokers taking their dog-ends home with them. All they would need to do was arm themselves with a small tin half full of sand in which to extinguish and temporarily store the ecologically unfriendly butts. This crazy cigarette ban follows other equally ludicrous clamp-downs on a whole range of amenities - everything from deckchairs and umbrellas to food and drink - at some of the most popular beaches Thailand has to offer. Now they are talking about adding insult to injury and outlawing alcohol as well. No wonder tourists are voting with their feet and booking holidays elsewhere. Who can blame them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 What are Thai's saying about the ban? About the huge fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/18/2017 at 4:36 PM, RichardColeman said: To be honest, I'd rather step on a soggy fag end than a broken bottle, but you can still bring glass bottles on the beaches ! There's no law against bringing cigarettes to the beach but leaving broken bottles on the beach is an offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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