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Author: Posted by Kathy Covey, community blogger November 19, 2008 10:21AM
Intro: Tomorrow, November 20, is the Great American Smokeout. A day the American Cancer Society encourages smokers to either reduce the amount they smoke that day or to quit smoking on that day. Read more about the origins of the Smokeout day.
The health benefits from this are well reported. However, did you know your cat will benefit as well?
Pets are affected by secondhand smoke. Your cat could get cancer from breathing through the haze of cigarette smoke.
According to a report released by an Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service veterinarian, Dr. Carolynn MacAllister, "cats living with smokers are twice as likely to develop malignant lymphoma, a cancer that occurs in the lymph nodes and that is fatal to three out of four cats within 12 months of developing it."
A study at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University "found the incidence of mouth cancer was higher for cats living with smokers. Cats constantly lick themselves
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