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Jump to full article: American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), 2009-08-01
Intro: About 28 percent of pet owners who smoke would try to quit if they knew that secondhand smoke endangered their pets, according to recent research.
"Pet owners' attitudes and behaviours related to smoking and second-hand smoke: a pilot study" appeared in the April issue of the journal Tobacco Control. Among the authors is the late Ronald M. Davis, MD, who championed the One Health Initiative when he was president of the American Medical Association.
The researchers, from Henry Ford Health System's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Detroit, conducted a Web survey of 3,293 adult pet owners. About 21 percent were current smokers, and 27 percent lived with at least one smoker.
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