article_snippet.sent: Cats and dogs whose owners smoke are twice as likely to develop some types of cancer as those whose owners do not.
article_snippet.sent: Dogs that are exposed to tobacco smoke are much more likely to develop nose and lung cancers than dogs not exposed to smoke.
article_snippet.sent: Smaller pets and birds can also be affected as Smaller pets and birds are very sensitive to the effects of smoke.
article_snippet.sent: Previous research, by Tufts University, near Boston, US, also found that cats that live with smokers are twice as likely to develop Feline Lymphoma, a serious cancer of the blood and immune system.
article_snippet.sent: It is believed that when cats groom cats cats ingest contaminated dust, soot, ash and nicotine which was caught in cats fur.