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Third-hand cigarette smoke and cat health

68% of smokers say that if their cat became ill through passive smoking they might stop

Most smokers (78%) know that their habit could harm their cats. Both this finding and the one in the title are disturbing because they mean that cat owners who smoke are willing to harm their cat for the sake of maintaining their habit. The pet insurer MORE TH>N carried out a survey on smokers and …

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Stoves, heaters, fireplaces, chimneys, candles, cigarettes, kerosene heaters can harm your cat

The things mentioned in the title are potential sources of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and a study in Taiwan found that high concentrations of these particles ‘was significantly associated with respiratory disease in cats, suggesting potentially harmful effects of indoor air pollutants on feline patients’. The classic image of a cat enjoying the warmth …

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Cat passive smoking is bad for a cat's health

Cats are at risk too if smoking at home causes children to acquire lung disease as adults

You may have read about it: an American study which recommends that smoking should be banned in the home because it concluded that smokers’ children are a third more likely to die from lung disease when they grow up. It is the first study to find this link. America banned smoking in social housing last …

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