Secondhand Smoke and Dogs
A reader wrote in yesterday with a question about the health risks involved in exposing their labrador retriever to second hand smoke. Exposure to second hand smoke is as deadly a health risk to our pets as it is to ourselves or our children.
Studies show that second hand smoke doubles lymphoma risk in cats and increases the risk of cancer in dogs. The type of cancer most found is respiratory cancer. Studies have also shown that dogs with longer nose systems that a labrador retriever or german shepherd are more apt to develop problems over a pug for example.
Not only do your pets inhale the dangerous smoke they ingest the particles with their tounge when they groom themselves because the particles are trapped in their fur.
The bottom line, don't expose your pets to second hand smoke.
Further Reading: Lung Association Quebec, Smoke Free Society
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