Jump to full article: PA News / Ananova (uk), 2002-07-31
Intro: A vet hopes people will be persuaded to stop smoking to prevent their cats from getting cancer.
Dr Antony Moore from Tufts University in Massachusetts says living in a house with smokers considerably increases a cat's risk of getting feline lymphoma.
The cancer kills three quarters of its victims within a year.
Mr Moore hopes new research linking second-hand smoke exposure to the most common kind of feline cancer will encourage some people to kick the habit.
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