Why do cigarette butts smell stronger than actual burning cigarettes?

Question

Why do cigarette butts smell stronger than actual burning cigarettes?

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Answer 1

The entire time you’re smoking a cigarette, you’re bringing the smoke from the burning tip through the cigarette to the filter. By the time a cigarette becomes a butt, a lot of smoke and tar is concentrated at that end and in the filter. That, combined with the remaining tobacco going stale, makes them smell worse