Can I Pass a Cotinine test?

which hospital are you testing for?

there is more and more research showing cigs don't cause the cancer, the person who smokes and gets it already has active cancer cells. that is why you see families with multiple people getting cancer. your odds go up if its in your genes, so I wouldn't smoke if cancer runs in your family but more than likely you will get cancer anyway. I guess putting out miss info since cig companies had to stop paying politicians is a good way for insurance company's and businesses to keep more money for themselves. step one next will be paying more if you eat meat, this is just the beginning

If you were ever addicted to smoking~ you would understand its not that easy to quit. Quitting smoking is harder to quit than heroin.

I just passed my Nicotine Blood test.  I'm having Gastric Sleeve Surger, in three more weeks.  My surgeon said I have to quit smoking for a month.  So after enough failed attempts I finally went and got on Chantex a month ago.  You can read on the Chantix website, that some people take up to two or even three weeks to start working on someone, it took me two weeks.  So I was reading that I could pass a Nicotine blood test in two weeks.  I even read that on a lab test website.  Before that I read some peoples comments and some said 3 month some said 2 weeks.  Alot of different information.  I can tell you that people's body's process things differently.  But I'm going to tell you for me.  I am 300 lbs Man I smoked about a pack a day for up to 15 years.  I quit and took my test two weeks later.  I might could have passed it sooner.  I'm not sure I'm not a lab technician.  I know most doctors aren't exactly sure how long it takes.  None the less I just wanted to follow up and say what I was looking for that wasn't out there before I went to take my test.  Also I would like to add if your a parent that is so woried about your child reading this.  Simple test your child every week if you feel like you have to control everything that child does.  I'm giving this information because I'm a 32 year old man that was stressed out about passing this test.

Was it a urine or blood test?

Good for you. That is a great story. Smoking is so hard and having others out there acknowledging how hard it is. Helps me fight the strongest urges. Nice job.

First thing if your not a smoker you will never understand how hard it its to work I will make a deal with you I will stop smoking right now off you stop breathing right now ( how easy us it?) (Not real easy) that's about how hard it is for a smoker to just quit. Second thing I am also having bariatric surgery in 45 days I was told to stop smoking for 2 months I go into testing for it in 32 days are they gonna know that it hasn't been two months of I quit today

I agree it's hard I smoked for 28 years and I am going on 7 months of quitting. It was hard but if you are willing and really want to then you should be able to do it. Your comparison stinks. We need air to live so if there was really a choice then I think we know which it would be. Suck it up stop crying and quit already.

I was simply stating that it is hard to quit. And I was talking to the people that act as though it's nothing to quit I'm not crying. just don't understand people being so judgemental on a smoker

I know my wife was one of them as a non smoker she had no clue. Take today I have major shortness of breath and when I tell her she says don't worry it will pass...I know it will but she will never understand. Funny 7 months and still feeling like this.

Just tested my urine at the 115 hour mark and finally fell below the usuàl cutoff level used by prospective employers.  I have been, and remain, miserable.  Life sucks and I now hate everyone.  I stay away from people because I am so miserably unhappy.  All this because I can't get a job if I test positive for cotinine.  No nicotine substitutes allowed....just pure unmitigated human suffering...and how, exactly, does that benefit society?  i am not proud of myself for going cold turkey. I am not happy to be a non-smoker.  I hate life now.

I completely respect your opinion. But, my mother was as healthy as can be, law-abiding citizen, exercised daily with co-workers and a year ago at the age of sixty and two blocks from home was killed on impact by a drunk driver, so I'm respectful and unconditionally love whomever and just wish and hope bad habits stop with a healthy positive loving support system.

Did you pass?

f**k you man i think your wife is b***h

I am not sure whether this thread is still active and I will get any responses! I am an occasional smoker (one-two cig a week!). I smoke menthol. I smoked a cig day before yesterday and now going for the test (about 60 hours after the smoke). The last cig before that was more than a week back. Will I be tested positive?

-- Mike