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re: How long does nicotine stay in your system?
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:32 pm to LarrytheGolfer
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:32 pm to LarrytheGolfer
You see what happens Larry.
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Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:36 pm to LarrytheGolfer
Well if it's for insurance purposes, they wouldn't fire you would they?
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:38 pm to LarrytheGolfer
Do you work at UAB?
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:46 pm to LarrytheGolfer
I was at a bar over the weekend and it was really smokey.
2nd hand smoke, problem solved
2nd hand smoke, problem solved
This post was edited on 4/6/15 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:50 pm to LarrytheGolfer
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:53 pm to Marco Esquandolas
quote:Been tested for it myself. Had to exhale into a machine for damn near a minute. Supposedly, it's about to switch to mouth swabs. It tests for carbon levels in the bloodstream, and, yes, it's for insurance purposes. Smokers get a higher rate than non-smokers.
Your job tests for nicotine?? Wow.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 9:58 pm to LSUgusto
A lot of sawmills went to non smoking mills for co insurance purposes and won't hire smokers period.
The one I work for is transitioning toward that even though the owner is a heavy smoker.
The one I work for is transitioning toward that even though the owner is a heavy smoker.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:30 pm to LarrytheGolfer
about as long as blow
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:33 pm to LarrytheGolfer
honestly, I have never heard of a workplace that tests for nicotine...
Posted on 4/6/15 at 10:51 pm to LarrytheGolfer
A celebratory cigar? Nicotine gum? A patch? There a litany of things you can say...
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:13 pm to LarrytheGolfer
Nicotine is almost all broken down by 8 hours. The broken down version is still active and hangs around ~3-4 days.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:13 pm to Spankum
quote:
honestly, I have never heard of a workplace that tests for nicotine...
My guess is because the guy is trolling.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:42 pm to LarrytheGolfer
You are the weirdest troll
ETA: Hopefully that's what you were going for. Congrats. You did it
ETA: Hopefully that's what you were going for. Congrats. You did it
This post was edited on 4/6/15 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 12:10 am to Hopeful Doc
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honestly, I have never heard of a workplace that tests for nicotine...
My guess is because the guy is trolling.
It is increasingly common for pre-employment screening especially among hospitals. The test can be done on blood or more commonly urine since it can be combined with the screening for other drugs.
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The cliff notes.
"Nicotine, or its primary metabolite cotinine, is most often tested to evaluate tobacco use. Quantitative testing can distinguish between active smokers, tobacco users who have recently quit, non-tobacco users who have been exposed to significant environmental tobacco smoke, and non-users who have not been exposed.
When someone stops using tobacco and nicotine products, it can take more than two weeks for the blood level of cotinine to drop to the level that a non-tobacco user would have and several weeks more for the urine level to decrease to a very low concentration."
Posted on 4/7/15 at 12:14 am to EA6B
Interesting. I did not realize that was an available discriminator for employers. Would be a great way to adjust health and life insurance rates.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 12:45 am to Hopeful Doc
And yet welfare is still chugging right along... 
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:07 am to Marco Esquandolas
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Your job tests for nicotine?? Wow.
This will be more and more common in the near future as health insurance is rapidly changing.
One of the largest health care systems in Dallas currently does these tests.
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 7:09 am
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:08 am to LarrytheGolfer
The hospital I used to work for tested our piss for nicotine, and if they found any traces, they were going to withhold more of your paycheck for insurance purposes. No one ever found out whether they testes "positive" or not for it. Even the habitual smokers never heard anything. I guess it was a ploy to get them to quit
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:13 am to LarrytheGolfer
I ran into the same question at a job I was applying for, and I was worried as well since on occasion I will socially smoke. I'll sum up what I learned.
They actually test for cotinine, which is what your body metabolizes from nicotine. Most likely you will have a piss test. Supposedly for a heavy smoker, high levels of cotinine can be detected for up to 6 months. For the social smoker, 2-4 weeks. For the occasional cigarette (first cigarette in 6 months), your cotinine levels may be low enough to pass a urine test after only a few days.
As with all other drugs, staying hydrated and exercising speed up this process. It looks like flushing is not effective though.
One final note, a study appears to confirm that grapefruit juice greatly speeds up removal of nicotine and cotinine from your body. A summary of the study is here. LINK
Good luck
They actually test for cotinine, which is what your body metabolizes from nicotine. Most likely you will have a piss test. Supposedly for a heavy smoker, high levels of cotinine can be detected for up to 6 months. For the social smoker, 2-4 weeks. For the occasional cigarette (first cigarette in 6 months), your cotinine levels may be low enough to pass a urine test after only a few days.
As with all other drugs, staying hydrated and exercising speed up this process. It looks like flushing is not effective though.
One final note, a study appears to confirm that grapefruit juice greatly speeds up removal of nicotine and cotinine from your body. A summary of the study is here. LINK
Good luck
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:16 am to Restomod
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This will be more and more common in the near future as health insurance is rapidly changing.
Mine doesn't test yet. But you sign a document saying you don't smoke nor do dependants. You agree to tests if they ask for one. If you don't sign It, you pay a lot higher premium.
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