Undated handout photo of cigarette butts in the street. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday September 14, 2007. The number of cigarette butts dropped on the streets of England has gone up by more than 40% since the smoking ban was brought in, litter campaigners said today. Keep Britain Tidy said the English were much worse for dropping cigarette ends than the rest of the UK. See PA Story ENVIRONMENT Cigarettes. Photo credit should read: Ken Lennox/PA Wire pa_news_20050206_092001_environm