Smoking and Pets

And I agree with that pupcat, smoke in your house just not in their face.

I smoke. My 3 original cats that I got as kittens are used to it and don't mind, as long as I don't blow smoke in their faces. My Turkish rescue cat who was a year old or more when I found him starving to death in front of a store doesn't like it and won't sit on the sofa with me when I am smoking. Sonja, now almost 7 years old, sits in my lap when I am smoking. None of my cats are sick.

Do you REALLY think that our pets somehow have the ability to protect their immune systems from cigarette smoke that we do not have? Stop smoking, sorry, but I lost my Dad to lung cancer, don't let the people that love you go through that. And i am convinced your Shih tzu will do much better without the additional stress on his respirtory system. I know mine is... I sure don't mean to preach, but I know the little dogs aren't equipped with much of an olfactory system to filter out contaminants. Take care.