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New Evidence that Second-hand Smoke Harms Pets [03/08-5]
Excerpts from: SMOKER'S PET
By
JULIA SZABO NY Post [03/07/04]
Of all the compelling reasons to quit smoking, this one should make pet lovers sit up and take notice: there's ample scientific evidence to suggest that secondhand cigarette smoke can cause cancer in companion animals.
And your furry friends don't just inhale smoke; the smoke particles are also trapped in their fur and ingested when they groom themselves with their tongues.
And in yet another study, vets from Tufts University found that cats whose owners smoked were three times as likely to develop lymphoma, the most common feline cancer.
So - short of kicking the habit - Garnant and her husband take three of the cats to the vet at least twice a year for checkups; the fourth, Barney, goes every three months.
Click here to view the abstract of the study from the American Journal of Epidemiology
Click here to view the abstract of the study from Tufts University
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