Table 2

Reported cigarette and cigarette butt ingestions by domestic animals, USA, 2005–10*

Species	Cigarette and butt ingestion calls (n)	No symptomatic at time of call (%)	Age range (years)	Weight range (kg)	Dose range (mg/kg)^†	Mortality (n)
Avian	2	0	1–8	Unknown and 0.5 kg	45	0
Canine	801	363 (45.3)	0.1–16	2–105 lb	0.08–142	1^‡
Caprine	2	0	1	27.1	11	0
Feline	41	11 (26.8)	0.1–15	1.98–9.0	1.69–170	0
Rodent	1	1 (100)	1	0.5	Unknown	0
Turtle	1	1 (100)	15	3.6	1.9

↵* Sources: Pet Poison Help Line, Bloomington, MN and ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, Urbana, IL.
↵† ASPCA data only.
↵‡ Euthanised case assessed by ASPCA veterinarian as doubtful owing to toxicity (time, findings and history not consistent with exposure).