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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom thinks smokers should pay what it costs the city to clean up discarded cigarette butts.
Newsom on Tuesday proposed a per-pack fee on cigarettes sold in San Francisco to cover the expense. He says that a review earlier this year shows that tobacco-related trash makes up one-fourth of all the garbage removed from city sidewalks and gutters.
The city is doing a study to determine how high to set the proposed fee, but a preliminary estimate puts it around 33 cents.
KCBS' Melissa Culross Reports
The mayor's plan would have to be approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to take effect.
Last year, the city adopted a law outlawing the sale of cigarettes in drug stores.
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