Smoking

[cbirder 0]

I'm having surgery in 7 days and haven't

completely stopped.okimj

[cbirder 0]

Smoking that is

[net0girl 13]

I had to quit

[TealSister 296]

I have no idea how long it stays in your system, but you need to stop. Not only for your health, but some surgeons will cancel surgery if your blood work shows nicotine usage. Quitting sucks, but you can do it!!

[Dub 9,922]

My surgeon would do a test prior to surgery and cancel it if you weren't clean.

It's hard as heck to quit......I know. Been there and done it. Cold Turkey.

You'll feel a whole heap better getting that gorilla off your back. Clear breathing is a wonderful thing.

[Tobeornottobe 89]

How long does Nicotine stay in your blood?

The length of time nicotine remains in the blood stream depends on the amount consumed and the frequency of consumption. Nicotine can stay for 48 hours. Beyond this time it is not detected either in the blood or urine. However, the cotinine metabolite can leave traces for about 7 days. There are some people who have anomalies in their genes that trigger the slow metabolism of cotinine. They need to stop smoking for at least a day or more to clear the nicotine metabolites from their system. Cotinine levels must be less than 10 ng/ml for an person to pass the blood tests. This is just one part of the answer to the question, “How Long Does Nicotine Stay in Your System?”

How long does Nicotine stay in your urine?

The length of time it takes for nicotine and its metabolites to stay detectable in urine depends on the user’s rate of metabolism, height, weight and the how much Water is consumed in a day. On average, nicotine can be detected in the urine for as long as three days. Passive smokers have nicotine traces for about fifteen to twenty days.

 

How long does Nicotine stay in your saliva?

Most of the nicotine will be excreted from the system within twenty minutes after smoking. Nonetheless, it can be detected in the saliva for approximately 24 hours after the last smoke. Its metabolite, cotinine, can be detected for as long as 4 to 7 days depending on the amount of nicotine consumed. For heavy smokers, it may be detected up to seven to fourteen days. You are beginning to see how challenging it is to adequately answer the question of How Long does Nicotine Stay In Your System.

Nicotine Drug Test

 

Urinal Drug Test

There are economical drug test strips that can detect cotinine in the urine through immunoassay. These inexpensive strips are not very sensitive and could only detect 200 ng/ml cotinine levels within two to five days. More precise urine tests are available through GC-MS that can detect cotinine levels of 5 ng/ml. In addition, “Ion Pair Reversed-Phase Chromatography” has a detection cut-off of 200 ng/ml. Both tests have longer detection time, from seven to ten days. However both tests are more expensive and the time required to obtain the tests is longer.

 

Nicotine hair Test

hair tests can detect both nicotine and its metabolite, cotinine, through GC-MS. The detection cut-off for this procedure is approximately 2 ng/ml nicotine. This test determines the amount of drug molecules that were permanently trapped inside the hair follicles. The standard test can cover at least 90 days from last nicotine use.

 

Blood Test for Nicotine

Nicotine presence can be detected in the blood for a short period only (about 48 hours) . However, its metabolite, cotinine, can be detected up to about three weeks from the last use and the cut-off detection levels is 200 ng/ml. The amount of nicotine and the length of nicotine use does affect the detection time of nicotine in the bloodstream.

If you are a serious smoker, you can easily see how it is a health hazard. There is help for you to quit. There are many ways your body can be tested for the presence of nicotine. As you see, the issue of how long does nicotine stay in your system is not a simple one. Yet, there are many physicians and researchers and social workers who are interested in finding the best answers and in helping you to quit smoking so you will have better health. You will also be less likely to harm your children with second hand smoke, too.

[IncredibleShrinkingMan 437]

I am not a smoker, but I would imagine bariatric surgery and its aftermath provide a unique opportunity to quit. Your mind is on so much else, and other forms of discomfort readily come from having the surgery. So you have that going for you...a system reset of everything but your brain. On the other hand, this is especially difficult because the cessation of one vice usually results in a zero-sum increase in another addiction. In other words, quitting smoking may cause you to increase intake, while a dramatic calorie reduction may induce greater headaches at a time you are attempting to quit. I would recommend sorting this out with a very highly regarded specialist. The facts are unimaginably complex, and wrong moves will cost you more than most people in both your health endeavors. Blessings!

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

You won't be smoking for a couple of days after surgery. E-cigs have been out since 2007 so there is no excuse to continue smoking.

I quit smoking 2 years ago and switched to e-cigs. Before my surgery they gave me an x-ray of my lungs and showed me all the damage I had done. I thought that after 2 years my lungs would have been healed. Nope! All this white shadowy stuff still was all over my lungs. That is the accumulative damage of smoking for 20 years.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

My surgeon refuses to operate on anyone who has not quit smoking and is not committed to be smoke free. This is an issue you need to address with your surgeon.

If you are not prepared to quit, you may have to postpone your surgery.

I hope you are able to find a healthy solution.

[Kathy Krebs Robertson 30]

Throw on a patch!

[cbirder 0]

Thanks for answers to basicly a dumb questions. Im done smoking and with any luck I will test negative in 8 days. Loosing this weight is so much more than trying to fool the doc. I have pre op tomorrow and the stomic investagation through the cameras lenz.

[KindaFamiliar 3,867]

Congrats on being done with smoking...

That's another big, big change you're making..

Good luck with your pre-op stuff...

[Amy Wolfe 49]

I vape. But 7 days before surgery im going down to zero nic.

[cbirder 0]

I had my edg pushing on no cigs surgery next Tuesday. I came clean with the doctor he was actually pissed off. I've smoked 2 or 3 times in 1 month.

[net0girl 13]

The quitting smoking is the hardest part of this journey!