Article: Smokers Put Pets At Risk
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Smokers Put Pets At Risk
Do you smoke? Need an incentive to quit? Do you have pets?
Then that beloved pet just might be the incentive you need
to stop.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have
discovered that pets are affected by second-hand smoke.
Cats living with a smoker are two times more likely to get
feline lymphoma than one that's not. After five years the
rate increases to three times as likely. When there are two
smokers in the home, the chances of a cat getting feline
lymphoma increases to four times as likely and after five
years, three times the rate of cats living in smokefree
homes.
Dogs living in a smoking household have a 60 percent risk of
getting lung cancer.
Long-nosed dogs, such as collies or gr...
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