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Can Cigarette Smoking Show Any Results In Urine Test?
Hello I just got hired for a job at cleveland clinic and I was told 2day that I will have to take a cotinine urine test. I smoke occasionally not daily i go weeks without smoking,but today i smoked a black and mild,not even a whole one.I do not smoke cigaretts or anything els just black and milds from time to time.If I do not pass this test I will lose the job.How can i beat this test!!!!
Mon, 2 Feb 2015
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Cigarette smoking can be detected in the urine (Urine cotinine test). It does so by detecting the concentration of Nictotine byproducts in the urine and can qualitatively report on how many cigarettes you smoke per day. Nicotine takes approximately 2 weeks to be undetected in the blood.
Cigarette smoking can be detected in the urine (Urine cotinine test). It does so by detecting the concentration of Nictotine byproducts in the urine and can qualitatively report on how many cigarettes you smoke per day. Nicotine takes approximately 2 weeks to be undetected in the blood.
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