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I need to past this blood test within a month and I am willing to stop smoking but can I get a drink from GNC that will cleanse my system with in a day and will it work to get the cotinine out my system ( for the blood test? ) Please help!
They don't take a blood test - cotinine shows up in your urine.
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Info: I have only smoked 7 cigarettes in my whole life, and those were over a period of two months. Hated it, and never smoked again.
Now I have a cold/bronchitis and have to go to the doctor who may do a chest x-ray.
Is there any other way they can tell than what I said?
no idea on that one,
If you were a smoker like i am then they can tell by listening to your breathing
I do not smoke but all of my friends do. I have to take a blood and urine test on saturday for cotinine for my health insurance. I just read that cotinine can get in your system just from second hand smoke.
Cotinine has an in vivo half life of approximately 20 hours, and is typically detectable for several days to up to one week after the use of tobacco. The level of cotinine in the blood is proportionate to the amount of exposure to tobacco smoke, so it is a valuable indicator of tobacco smoke exposure, including secondary (passive) smoke. People who smoke menthol cigarettes may retain cotinine in the blood for a longer period because menthol can compete with cotinine enzymatic metabolism. Genetic encoding of liver enzymes may also play a role, as black people routinely register higher blood cotinine levels than white people. Several variable factors, such as menthol cigarette preference and puff size, suggest that the explanation for this difference may be more complex than gender or race.
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Pipe and Cigar Smoking Linked to Decreased Lung Function and COPDMedscape - Feb 17, 2010
ReutersFebruary 17, 2010 — Pipe and cigar smoking has been found to increase urine cotinine levels and is associated with decreased lung function and increased Cigars, Pipes No #39;Healthy#39; Alternative to CigarettesDispatch: Cigars, Surfaces, Conspiracies, and GrandkidsThe Association of Pipe and Cigar Use With Cotinine Levels, Lung Function, and nbsp;-all 94 news articlesnbsp;raquo;
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Pipe and cigar smokers also had increased levels of cotinine, a marker for nicotine exposure, in their blood. quot;Some pipe and cigar smokers say they do not and morenbsp;raquo;San Jose Mercury News - Feb 09, 2010
Research also found that many children had detectable blood levels of cotinine, a chemical formed by exposure to nicotine. However, the Berkeley lab and morenbsp;raquo;Insciences Organisation - Feb 25, 2010
Pipe amp; Cigar Smokers Show Early Signs of Lung Disease, Disputing Myth that These pipe and cigar smokers were also found to have higher levels of the nicotine byproduct cotinine (the part of tobacco smoke that is absorbed by the and morenbsp;raquo;Gainesville Sun - Feb 04, 2010
About 50 percent to 75 percent of children in the US have detectable levels of cotinine, the breakdown product of nicotine, in their blood. and morenbsp;raquo;