"No Butts About It Day" at UMass

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) - Volunteers and students at UMass Amherst helped pick up cigarette butts around campus Sunday.

It was the 4th annual “No Butts About It Day” at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where members of the community hunt for and dispose of cigarette butts littering the campus.

The event is organized by the Student Health Advisory Board at University Health Services.

They hope to rid the campus of the leftovers from people’s smoke breaks that were dropped and forgotten on walkways, in front of buildings and in the grass.

Student Erica Drescher said "People drink coffer and they drop their coffee in a trash can. But smokers seem to think they can drop if off anywhere they want."

Last year 12 pounds of cigarette butts were picked up in just three hours.