Some interesting tidbits on cigarette litter in San Francisco. A study commissioned by SF Public Works in 2009 determined that the direct costs for cigarette r

Some interesting tidbits on cigarette litter in San Francisco. A study commissioned by SF Public Works in 2009 determined that the direct costs for cigarette related litter in San Francisco could be remediated with a 22 cent per pack tax. The actual tax in San Francisco is 85 cents per pack known as the "Cigarette Litter Abatement Fee". The 2009 study claimed around 30 million packs/year are sold in San Francisco which would be roughly 25 million dollars a year in taxes collected for this purpose with an estimated cleanup cost of only 7-8 million. So not only are cigarette smokers already paying for the cleanup they are paying nearly four times the actual cleanup cost for their litter. The 2009 study: https://sfpublicworks.org/sites/default/files/tobacco_litter_study_hecg_062209%5B1%5D.pdf https://sfpublicworks.org/sites/default/files/tobacco_litter... The tax: https://sftreasurer.org/cigarette https://sftreasurer.org/cigarette