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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.
areas that had laws promoting smoke free public places had 39% less cotinine in their blood. From Ohio -- The presence of HPV in tumors is the ...
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.
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 quit smoking 11 years ago and cotinine is still showing up in my blood work! When the company I work for starts making smokers pay a higher insurance rate they will use this test! What else has nicotine/cotinine in it?
dont know what does
I'm 23 and I have just applied for my own health insurance with health mate coast to coast. I smoked for probably 4 years, but I quit close to 5 weeks ago. How do they conduct those tests...urine or blood test? I know they check for cotinine levels to see if you are a smoker and then will charge you a lot more for health insurance. But unfortunately I had a couple cigarettes 2 weeks ago, and haven't had any since. My test is in 2 weeks. Has anyone ever quit early enough to pass the test?
Nicotine stays in your system for 12 months. The blood test is what will catch you. You want to list yourself as a smoker on the insurance until you have been 100% nicotine free for 12 solid months. The reason for that is that if you list yourself as a non smoker, and then any lung problem results in a claim, the insurance company will be able to deny the claim, even if it's not proven that smoking was the cause of the problem. For instance, if you get bronchitis, and go to the doctor, the insurance company will deny the claim based on the belief that smoking contributed to the seriousness of the bronchitis. So just do things by the book, and pay the extra premium for smoking for 1 year. After that, you can change your status. Good luck with the quitting!
Nicotine
Fraction of what is contained in tobacco leaves. When you light a cigarette, most of the substance is destroyed by the heat. The amount of nicotine absorbed from smoking depends on the type of tobacco, whether the smoke is inhaled, and whether a filter is used. Chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco and snuff release much greater amounts of nicotine into the body. so smokers often report a weight loss as well. When a cigarette is smoked, nicotine-rich blood passes from the lungs to the brain within 7 seconds and immediately stimulates the release of a host of chemicals. This results in enhanced pleasure and decreased anxiety. As the effects of nicotine last in the body from five minutes to two hours,...
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