Stopping smoking, as research shows, is not only important to the smoker’s own health but to those around them as well. Not all smokers are aware of the dangers of second hand smoke and tobacco products to loved ones around them, including dogs and cats. For many, understanding this is a new reason to try to stop.
How Second Hand Smoke Affects Pets
A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that dogs have a 60 percent greater chance of developing lung cancer when they live with a smoker. Another study published in the AJE in 2001 found that dogs with short noses, such as Pugs and Boston Terriers, were twice as likely to develop lung cancer, which may be due to few carcinogens being filtered through the nasal passages before reaching the lungs. Dogs with long noses, such as Greyhounds, Collies, and German Shepherds were twice as likely to get sinus or nasal cancer and this may be due to the greater amount of tissue exposed when inhaling carcinogens.
Everyone is familiar with the smell of clothing after it has been in a smoke filled room. Research shows that toxins from second hand smoke also collect in fur and hair and are ingested as pets lick and groom themselves, which may contribute to mouth cancer. Dogs from smoking households were also found to have nicotine and other toxins from cigarette smoking in their urine. Additionally, scientific evidence links exposure to second hand smoke to respiratory problems including asthma, allergic reactions, eye inflammation, cardiac abnormalities, and some cancers in pets.
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