No puffing while parenting pets!

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Smoking, we knew, has been killing us for many generations. But did you know that second-hand smoke could also kill house pets – dogs, cats and birds? Of course, not many of us seem aware of the fact. Dr. Carolynn MacAllister, a veterinarian with Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service in the United States, conducted a study at School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuft College in Massachusetts, US, in which she found that the incidence of mouth cancer was higher for cats who lived in houses inhabited by smokers. What’s more, second-hand smoke also leads to lymphoma in cats, lung and nasal cancer in dogs (longernosed dogs are more likely to get nasal cancer, while shorter nosed ones would be susceptible to lung cancer) and lung cancer in birds (their respiratory systems are extra sensitive to pollutants in the air). So there comes one more reason why one should kick the habit.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

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