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Differences In Dosomething's GTFO Campaign

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It is so easy for people to ignore the problems that are right in front of their face. Cigarette butts plague city streets, entrances to malls, almost every alley, and basically all city plazas. Smoking and the lingering odor it leaves behind has become a normal, even expectable, aspect of life as it inescapable in every nook and cranny of town. Smoking is one of the largest contributors to disease in the United States, yet cigarettes are still such a normal image for the naked eye. DoSomething’s GTFO campaign is something I can get behind as I am able to make a difference throughout my city. I can help clean up what has sadly become a normal sight for people.
Bystanders found it much more abnormal for me to be picking up cigarettes than watching

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