Who has the right to smoke?

1. This column argues that cigarette butts discarded on the street are a matter of public order and civic responsibility, and that smokers must take responsibility to the very end.
2. Reporter Kim Hyeonsu points out that butts cause fires and soil and water pollution, and lead to wasted taxpayer money by increasing environmental cleanup costs.
3. Local governments and public institutions must also expand smoking booths and strengthen enforcement and campaigns, but the key to the solution lies with smokers, the column contends.

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