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What is the effect of secondhand smoke on pets?
Is secondhand cigarette smoke dangerous to pets, specifically cats? How much exposure is needed to have adverse effects? Can it be reversed? Please cite sources. I'd prefer if you sum up articles rather than cutting and pasting. Thank you!
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Studies have been done that show that pets whose owners who smoke have a higher risk of cancer. It can cause lung and nasal cancer in cats and dogs and lung cancer in birds. Cats are at an even higher risk because of how they clean their fur with their tongue. Carcinogens and tar from second hand smoke layer onto their fur, so they are licking the toxins right off of their body and ingesting them directly into their body. Bird immune systems are hypersensitive to airborne toxins, including second hand smoke.
Because dogs and cats tend to age more quickly than humans, the cancerous affects settle in quickly, raising fatality rates even more.
Another risk for animals is actual cigarettes and cigarette butts. Many curious dogs will eat cigarette butts right out of the ashtray, causing nicotine poison.
Because dogs and cats tend to age more quickly than humans, the cancerous affects settle in quickly, raising fatality rates even more.
Another risk for animals is actual cigarettes and cigarette butts. Many curious dogs will eat cigarette butts right out of the ashtray, causing nicotine poison.
source(s):
http://www.smokefreesociety.org/NewsClip/Pets-1.html
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/156/3/268
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070831123420.htm
http://www.smokefreesociety.org/NewsClip/Pets-1.html
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/156/3/268
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070831123420.htm
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I was originally looking for a little more information but you do have multiple sources and scary facts for me to contemplate. Thanks.
Depends on what you're smoking, how far away from the cat, etc but assume that your cat is inhaling anything you're putting in the room with all of the same harmful affects that a cigarette would have on you. Cats don't usually die of lung cancer first but it certainly has some effect -- getting cats stoned or otherwise incapacitated can be very difficult to manage, they may light their whiskers on fire or lose the ability to jump with care.
Thank you for your response, however, it's not very helpful. It's my fault though, let me provide a little more information. My cats live in my room, while the smoking (cigarettes) occurs down the hall in my roommate's room (I don't smoke). My apartment smells like an ashtray, but for the most part my bedroom is okay (my window stays open, the vent and door stays closed.) Despite my precautions, I know there is still secondhand smoke in my room so I'm looking for information on the effects of secondhand cigarette smoke on cats (or more generally pets).
Second-hand smoke is dangerous to anything living (humans, animals, pets, plants, even fish). In fact, a new study conducted at Harvard proved that third-hand smoke is hazardous. Third-hand smoke is really those toxins and poisons from cigarettes that get on hair, skin, clothing, furniture, wall, carpet, and other surfaces that are subsequently transmitted to others. Children and pets are particularly at risk because they crawl/play on the floors & furniture and tends to put stuff in their mouths. So the point is even if there is now cigarette smoke getting to the pets, they are in danger of the poisonous reside left everywhere that the smoke has been. Read the MSNBC article below for more details. That "ashtray" smell you describe in your apartment is a sure sign they are at significant risk.
wow, I've never even heard of third-hand smoke. Thank you!
One study conducted by Reif, Burns, and Lower concluded that second-hand smoke causes legions--likely precursors of cancer--to develop in the nasal cavities of dogs, particularly those with longer snouts. (Dogs with shorter snouts appeared to be at greater risk of lung cancer. The shorter nasal passages aren't as good at accumulating toxins as those of dogs with longer passages.)
A study by Bertone, Snyder, and Moore had shown that second-hand smoke seems to significantly place cats at greater risk for the development of malignant lymphoma. (Cats that live in households that in which a pack or more of cigarettes are smoked daily had a threefold increase in risk.)
A study by Bertone, Snyder, and Moore had shown that second-hand smoke seems to significantly place cats at greater risk for the development of malignant lymphoma. (Cats that live in households that in which a pack or more of cigarettes are smoked daily had a threefold increase in risk.)
source(s):
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/147/5/488
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/156/3/268#top
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/147/5/488
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/156/3/268#top
Cell mutation occur regularly in our bodies, if the mutated cells are allowed to multiply (reproduce) they give rise to cancer.
The body has a natural defense against cells like that, humans including animals have a protein called P53...this protein is responsible for terminating a mutated cell. However, the chemicals in cigarettes inhibit this protein, therefore, nothing stops the mutated cells from multiplying.
New studies suggest that third hand smoke is as dangerous as secondhand smoking. Mainly because the chemical stay on the cloths and make their ways to our bodies.
What you can do for you and your kitty, if you feel that you are getting secondhand smoke is buy a portable ventilator. They are not big in size, you can put it in your apartment.
Here is just one of them: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/4798559/Portable_ventilator_8_10_12.html
You can find more information on PubMed...99% of those articles are very reliable and peer reviewed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The body has a natural defense against cells like that, humans including animals have a protein called P53...this protein is responsible for terminating a mutated cell. However, the chemicals in cigarettes inhibit this protein, therefore, nothing stops the mutated cells from multiplying.
New studies suggest that third hand smoke is as dangerous as secondhand smoking. Mainly because the chemical stay on the cloths and make their ways to our bodies.
What you can do for you and your kitty, if you feel that you are getting secondhand smoke is buy a portable ventilator. They are not big in size, you can put it in your apartment.
Here is just one of them: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/4798559/Portable_ventilator_8_10_12.html
You can find more information on PubMed...99% of those articles are very reliable and peer reviewed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
source(s):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/pubmed/19025019?ordina...
Enhanced lung tumor development in tobacco smoke-exposed p53 transgenic and Kras2 heterozygous deficient mice.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/pubmed/19025019?ordina...
Enhanced lung tumor development in tobacco smoke-exposed p53 transgenic and Kras2 heterozygous deficient mice.
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