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Addressing cigarette butt disposal behaviour on university campus in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorCarrega, Marta
dc.contributor.authorMartinho, Graça
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Mário
dc.contributor.institutionDCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
dc.contributor.institutionMARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
dc.contributor.pblSpringer Nature
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-26T15:47:02Z
dc.date.available2026-01-26T15:47:02Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-16
dc.descriptionFunding information: This work was funded by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the framework of the UID/ 04292/MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente and the project LA/P/0069/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020) granted to the Associate Laboratory ARNET - Aquatic Research Network. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.
dc.description.abstractBackground: The cigarette butt (CB) is often overlooked, despite being an item of waste that has impacts on the environment. Few studies on CB littering are supported with a behaviour framework, and none have been conducted in Portugal in the context of a university campus. Objective: To identify solutions for the prevention of CB dispersion in the environment supported by a behaviour framework, using a Portuguese higher education campus as the study setting. Methods: A questionnaire was applied to a sample of 1933 campus users to understand their behaviour, perceptions and opinions regarding CB disposal. The assessment was based on a literature review regarding smokers’ disposal behaviour and on the Behaviour Change Wheel framework. The number and condition of the ashtrays on campus were identified, and the disposal behaviour of people who smoke was observed. Results: People that smoke and people that do not smoke have different perspectives on CB disposal. Most smokers litter more or less frequently, and 80% reported walking up to a trashcan or ashtray to dispose of it correctly, confirmed by observations. Drawing smokers’ attention to incorrect disposal of CB seems to be effective, but few engage in this activity. Conclusions: The main components of behaviour to intervene are opportunity (physical and social), and motivation (reflective and automatic), which can be done by reinforcing ashtray infrastructure that allows appropriate disposal of CB, as a starting point for habit formation, and as a base for awareness campaigns, promoting collective and individual responsibility.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent17
dc.format.extent1062718
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s44274-025-00399-0
dc.identifier.issn2731-9431
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 151109819
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: f0008a3d-5fff-431a-88e8-7e10207ee372
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105019063334
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7905-3847/work/203688917
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/199728
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105019063334
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/Concurso para Atribuição do Estatuto e Financiamento de Laboratórios Associados (LA)/LA%2FP%2F0069%2F2020/PT
dc.subjectBehaviour Change Wheel
dc.subjectCigarette butt littering
dc.subjectSmokers’ behaviours
dc.subjectSocial norms
dc.subjectUniversity campuses
dc.subjectWaste collection
dc.subjectWaste Management and Disposal
dc.subjectEarth-Surface Processes
dc.subjectAtmospheric Science
dc.subjectEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
dc.titleAddressing cigarette butt disposal behaviour on university campus in Portugalen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleDiscover Environment
degois.publication.volume3
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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