BM>MM> Dogs can develop nasal cancer as a result of secondhand smoke. Not
BM> so
BM>MM> cute.
 
BM>RN> That's interesting.  I smoked for all 14 years of my German
BM> shepherd's
BM>RN> life and never she never had that problem, but because she was a
BM> large
BM>RN> breed dog, she was subject to hip dysplasia, which did develop.  I
BM> quit
BM>RN> smoking the year she died.
 
BM> The carcinogens in second-hand smoke is just as real for any living
BM> animal.
BM> Some may be affected, some not.  Just like humans.  I've known people who
BM> go to
BM> sleep with a cigarette still lit and puffin away... they have no signs of
BM> it.
BM> We all have cancer cells, it's what triggers them.  Crap shoot.. :)
 
I suppose so.  Some people are luckier than others.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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