Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2002-08-01
Author: Alan Hamilton and Laura Peek
Intro: [GRAPHIC: Man and Woman are sitting on a couch. The Man is smoking a pipe. On the floor in front of them, a Cat is dragging an oversize pack of "Nicorette".
WOMAN: "Look What the cat dragged in."]
However, prominent cat owners and smokers were divided about the findings.
The writer Beryl Bainbridge, who smokes 30 a day, said: "I used to own two cats, Pudding and Gerald, but I don't think they suffered any ill-effects from my smoking. They both lived until 20. If I had cats now I would have no qualms about smoking in front of them although I might mention to them that I was a smoker."
Jilly Cooper, who has four cats, said her pets had been healthier since she gave up smoking. "I was a smoker when I first married and our cats live much longer now that we don't smoke," she said.
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