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13. Transportable ashtrays
Exactly what it is: a pocket-sized Ashtray
Invented in the 2000s; Average Cost: *$10.37
Japan has a strong cultural emphasis on cleanliness, and carrying a portable ashtray keeps cigarette butts off city sidewalks and streets. While smoking is still rather common in Japan, fewer people are smoking now than when smokers were first polled in 1965. In Japan, less than ten percent of women and nearly one-third of men smoke.
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An innovative Japanese company has created a portable ashtray to prevent cigarette butt trash. This enables smokers to hold their butts and ash their cigarettes until they get to a garbage container. Based on the popularity of the portable ashtray in Japan, major tobacco companies such as British American Tobacco should consider releasing a product along these lines.
