Second-hand smoke affects pets just like humans. If you smoke, do not smoke around your Ragdoll cat. Extensive studies have not been held to determine exactly how second-hand smoke affects pets; however, the effects in humans are clearly documented.
One study by a school of Veterinary medicine did note a correlation between second-hand smoke and oral tumors in pets. Cats that live with smokers have more health problems and live shorter lives; these smoking cats lived as much as five years less than cats that live in non-smoking households. Cats living in smoking households have high incidents of mouth cancer.
If you smoke around your Ragdoll cat, toxins from your cigarette smoke are deposited on your cat’s fur. When your Ragdoll cat grooms itself, it licks up all of the carcinogens from your smoking habit. Daily grooming over the course of years can make your cat very sick.
It’s the 21st century; if you haven’t figured out that smoking is going to make you sick, please do not smoke around your pets and children.
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