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ThatCatGirl asked in PetsCats · 8 years ago

Can smoking affect cats?

If a human is smoking constantly around a cat (that he owns) can it affect the cat in the same ways it affects humans?

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes. Cigarette smoke will affect them much more than humans. The reason being that smoke first goes up but then always goes down. You don`t see it but all that smoke settles to the ground where they live and it`s accumulates there in much denser concentrations.

    Most house pets will get cancers, lung disease etc from their smoking owners and much sooner than they would expect.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes. Cats are just as subject to respiratory disorders resulting from second hand smoke as humans are. If you care at all about your cats don't smoke in the house. Your house will smell nicer as well.

  • 5 years ago

    second hand smoke impacts animals and people better than the guy who smokes. I really ought to freeze my *** off in wintertime as I smoke outdoors on the veranda. I do it for my cats yet also for my sons. My oldest is a health freak and does routines so he does no longer want his lungs damaged and no human being yet me smokes. at the same time as i bypass to my mothers and fathers, i bypass smoke contained in the storage:( All smoke loose properties!

  • 7 years ago

    i have 3 awesome cats well behave ever my room mate move in he smoke he keep telling me it wont hurt the cats well guess what my older cat was always biting and scratching took him to the vet finding out he is allergy to smoke cause he has never been expose by smoke so i advise any one with pets dont let any body fool you these are youre pet to love and care for rest of youre life not the people who smoke

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Of course,cats have lungs don't they? i had a friend who owned a cat and she and her husband smoked,her cat developed asthma,she was so sorry when the vet told them it was the cigarettes! they gave up,bu not just because of the cat!

  • Ocimom
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Of course it can. And since the cats lung are about the size of newborn babies lungs, the effect is quicker and worse!

  • 8 years ago

    Only if cats have lungs

  • 8 years ago

    Any animal with lungs

  • Reggie
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    obviously their lungs are smaller than ours, so they resent the effects quicker

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Yes it can. Dirty air isn't good for any species.

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