Quitting smoking is tough. But if smokers won’t do it for their own good, or the benefit of family members, some may do it for their pets, say the authors of a study published today in the journal
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Secondhand smoke is as dangerous for pets as it is for the non-smoking people who live with smokers. Non-smokers who live with smokers have to worry about the risk of lung cancer and respiratory diseases. But even dogs and cats exposed to secondhand Read the rest of this entry »

But few smokers realize the health risk to animals, said the authors of a new study published Tuesday in the journal Tobacco Control — even though when people were asked if they would give up smoking if it brought harm to their pets, many said they would.
The researchers, from the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, conducted an online survey of 3,300 people, 1 in 5 of whom were smokers Read the rest of this entry »