2006-08-08 21:25:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
I doubt it. People have been smoking around cats for ages.
**edit: I used to work for a vet, back when it wasn't politically incorrect to smoke. Never saw a single cat with lung cancer.
2006-08-08 21:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoking is dangerous around any other living creature. You are taking a chance of giving the cat all kinds of breathing problems and difficulties including infections. Just give up the butts, for yourself and others...including the cat. Have a good day.
2006-08-09 04:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's dangerous.. one of my moms cats got a lung infection or some other type of ailment because of too much smoke in the house. Try not to smoke around the cat and get air purifiers and open windows when you smoke. Just remember, the cat can't tell you if it's having problems due to your smoking, you need to take preventitive actions so it won't ever suffer.
2006-08-09 05:41:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For you or the cat? For you it's definitely dangerous. Some studies at Tufts University Vet school have shown that cats living in smoking homes have more respiratory infections than cats with non-smoking caretakers. Cats don't seem to get lung cancer off it but cats in smoking homes have a higher incidence of feline lymphoma.
Your cat should not smoke, it looks stupid
Smoking: Hazardous to Your Cat
: New York Times, 2002-08-06
Author: JOHN O'NEIL
Intro:
"Cats basically hang around inside the house, so they don't get exposed to as many possible environmental hazards," he said. "You can often smell the smoke on their fur, and when you consider that they're grooming all the time with their tongues, they're probably getting a fairly significant dose."
For the study, which was published in the August issue of The American Journal of Epidemiology, the researchers surveyed the owners of 80 cats with lymphoma and 114 cats with renal disease, which strikes cats at about the same age but is not linked to environmental factors.
They found not only that all cats exposed to tobacco smoke had a far higher risk of lymphoma, but also that the risk was directly related to how much smoke was in the house and how long the cat had been exposed.
Dr. Moore said that the study had been undertaken mainly to explore ways of preventing lymphoma in cats, but he added that he hoped it would raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco in a new way.
· Cats
• Cumberland cat combats smoking
: The Press of Atlantic City, 2002-08-05
Author: ELAINE ROSE / Staff Writer
Intro:
Pets don't trot over to the convenience store for a pack of cigarettes, but they can suffer the effects of second-hand smoke.
A Cumberland County cat is heading the effort to protect animals from having to breathe second-hand smoke. Reggie K. Mosley of Deerfield Township is an honorary member of the Communities Against Tobacco Coalition of Cumberland County and "chairpet" of The Kitty Cat Project.
Each month, Reggie compiles a free monthly newsletter for Protesting Environmental Tobacco Smoke (PETS), which includes an advice column for animals that must deal with second-hand smoke or butts on the ground where they go for walks. Reggie has been interviewed for a few area newspapers and the CN8 cable news channel.
OK, Reggie has some help from her owner, Donna Mosley, in the above activities. But she is New Jersey's first feline anti-tobacco activist, and her goal is to provide clean indoor air for pets by helping humans quit smoking. She also asks veterinarians and pet stores to hand out literature to let humans know that smoking isn't good for their pets.
2006-08-09 08:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's dangerous to smoke near a cat.
you know it's dangerous to smoke near another human, it affects his lungs. well, it's the same thing for the cat, but cat's lungs are smaller than human lungs, so it's more dangerous.
my grand-mother smoked, and her 2 cats got epilepsy crisis...
2006-08-09 04:32:04 · answer #5 · answered by tokala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dangerous to smoke near any living thing, unless your cat is already dead. If you continue to smoke near your cat, it will be soon enough (dead that is).
2006-08-09 04:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's dangerous to smoke around anything but a cadaver.
2006-08-09 04:30:13 · answer #7 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is, as it is dangerous to humans so with cats too
2006-08-09 04:30:43 · answer #8 · answered by Annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it harms their lungs just like it harms ours.
2006-08-09 04:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋