Roads are the lifeline of the passenger transport and freight supply chain management in India. But excess usage and over dimensioned consignments put undue stress on the quality of roads. Hence newer techniques for making roads durable are required. The research presented here determines the effect of incorporating discarded cigarette butts in the engineering properties of mastic asphalt mixture. The methodology adopted for the research includes an extensive literature review of the current status of utilization of different materials in road construction, a brief environmental risk assessment of cigarette butts, design of the experimental setup and subsequently the performance and analysis of actual experiments. Firstly, conventional tests and rheological analysis like penetration, ductility, softening point, flash and fire point, viscosity, phase angle, multiple stress creep recovery test, etc. were performed. This was followed by sieve analysis (using Rothfuch's method) and Marshall stability test from which proper design mix was obtained. Mastic asphalt mixture with different weights of cigarette butts were tested and it was found that 4.6% bitumen with 8 g cigarette butts gave the most optimum results. Roads with cigarette butt material can thus handle heavy traffic and also reduce thermal conductivity, being economical at the same time. These roads have better durability, strength and resistance against rutting as compared to conventional bitumen providing not only mechanical strength and chemical resistance but also reducing environmental impact of waste generation due to cigarette smoking and improperly discarded cigarette butts. This paper is not intended in any way to encourage smoking cigarettes but an attempt to utilize the already used butts to minimize their effects on environment and get rid of them in a systematic way and at the same time making the roads better and robust.