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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by perihelions on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:42AM (#30100425)
There's actually health benefits (I'm not paid by Big Tobacco I swear):

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.11952 ("City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites")

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Re:Crows may soon be Sweden’s newest litter pickers by colechristensen on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:04PM (#30103015)
Basically every plant chemical (flavor, drug) that humans are interested in is a defense against pests or infections.
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