New Study Shows Passive Cigarette Smoke At Least Doubles Risk Of Cancer In Cats

ScienceDaily | 7/30/2002 | Tufts University

[VRWC_minion]

I've had cats all my life, and have smoked all my adult life. My cats all live to be 15 years-old

Have you done a statistical sample ?

[VRWC_minion]

My favorite is

So many cats, so few recipes.

[Just another Joe]

So many cats, so few recipes.

I prefer fresh grilled over hardwood charcoal briquettes.
That's the way they serve it in Southeast Asia.

[mississippi red-neck]

A bunch of egg-headed scientific type with nothing better to do than study the effects of second hand smoke on cats. Sounds like these cats are sharpening their claws for some more government reasearch handouts. As sheriff Buford T. Justice would say. "What the hell is the world coming to" ?

[katykelly]

Is that a NASCAR cat? LOL!

[SheLion]

The other day I heard second hand smoke being responsible for 5-6 more cancers, can't remember what they were, as I have stopped paying attention to it.

EVERYTHING causes cancer! We can't do ANYTHING!

[PoisedWoman]

My cats live up to 15 years. So, anything past 10 years is a good life.

You're treating them right, that's for sure. I had a cat named Herb that I finally had to put down after 19 good years..he was still healthy but getting dementia so howled day and night...after two years of no sleep, I regretfully put him down. My husband had been a pipe smoker....constantly ringed in smoke...Herb seemed to like it. Guys had me outnumbered on that one. Cough, hack.

[SheLion]

Have you done a statistical sample ?

Well, my smoke isn't any different then anyone else's smoke, and my cats are just like any other cat, and they live long lives. What can I tell ya.

[dirtboy]

Nice list, but you missed one obvious point:

Add a warning from the Surgeon General on cigarette packs that cats who smoke have a much higher chance of getting feline leukemia...

[Khepera]

I smoke... I wish my damn cat would get cancer and die!

[Redcloak]

New Study Shows Passive Cigarette Smoke At Least Doubles Risk Of Cancer In Cats

And the problem with that would be...?

[Max McGarrity]

Ah, yet another "study" to "prove" that smoking may harm those we love. Like you, SheLion, I've had pets all my life, always indoor pets, whether they be cats or dogs or both, and they've all but one lived long, long, healthy lives. One dog had a genetic blood disease and still lived to be nine years of age, fat and happy till the end. The most important thing about "studies" like this is the one thing they always neglect to mention. What's the absolute risk? For instance, if ONE cat in 100,000 nonsmoking households gets lymphoma and TWO cats in 100,000 smoking households do, you've DOUBLED THE RISK. Assuming, of course, ALL other environmental AND genetic factors are equal. As is typical with antis, they speak with forked tongue.

[jumpstartme]

Speaking of NASCAR cats...

A guy goes over to a friend's house one weekend to watch a NASCAR race on TV. His friend asks if he cares if his cat watches also. He says that his cat is a big Terry Labonte fan.

After about an hour, they get up to get cigs and beer and then return to the TV room. The owner asks the cat "where's Terry?" The cat then jumps up and runs around the table 3 times. He says to his friend, "Terry is in 3rd place."

Later they leave the room and return and again ask "Where's Terry?" The cat again jumps up and runs around the table 2 times. He tells his friend "Terry is in 2nd place."

His friend is amazed by this and asks, "What does he do if Terry wins?" The owner replies "I don't know, I've only had him a year!"

[SheLion]

As is typical with antis, they speak with forked tongue.

I was getting ready to answer you, and we had a storm set in. So, I had to disconnect.

The anti's absolutely do speak with forked tongue! And people wonder why smokers are getting so mean and cranky lately. We are tired of this junk science that most people take as the word of God. I know "I" am!

[Gabz]

I heard this on the radio this afternoon and nearly ran off the road.

Some people apparently have too much time and money on their hands.

[Great Dane]

Some people apparently have too much time and money on their hands.

And too much money stolen from us.