[twic]

Cigarette butts, lottery tickets, and coffee cups - the detritus of addiction. Is there a connection there?

[chrischen]

I think the connection is probably poverty. They gives less of a ____.

[mirimir]

I guess. When I was really poor, I rolled my own cigarettes. And when I finished one, I kept the tobacco in a small plastic bag. As backup, for when I was too poor to buy more.

You may say "yuck". But trust me, good tobacco the second time around is better than the stuff in those nasty папироса.

[twic]

How do you smoke tobacco twice?

[mirimir]

You take the tobacco from a butt, loosen it up, and air dry it. Then you roll it into another cigarette. Maybe mix with some fresh tobacco, for a milder taste. People don't typically smoke cigarettes down to a roach. Except for those Russian ones, with the paper tubes.

[roguecoder]

Even if that is true, it is more likely the result of poverty being inherently stressful and requiring the use of cognitive resources rich people can spend on other things (https://zhaolab.psych.ubc.ca/pdfs/Zhao_2013_Science.pdf)

[chrischen]

Yes, that's what not giving a ___ is. But I don't think it's always stress, it could also be different priorities.

[maccard]

Yes - disposable/single use items.