smoker questions...

[RobertD16 47]

Well I completed all my requirements, 3 month diet, clearances, psy evaluation and got my insurance approval and surgery is scheduled june 3rd...the problem is my surgeon wants me smoke free for 60 days before surgery...My last cigarette was april 15...I do not know if they have ways to tell or not...I told them I was smoke free as of march 31st...Is there a way they can tell exactly how long its been?

They can do a nicotine test. But that test will only show nicotine in your blood for the last 12 weeks

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I won't be smoke free for 12 weeks before surgery since I last smoked april 15th..surgery is the 3rd uh oh

[FocusOnMeNow 599]

If your surgery is June 3rd and you have truly not smoked since April 15 you will pass the test. BUT this is not to be trifled with as your lungs need to be tip top before during and after the surgery. Otherwise complications (including pneumonia and repiratory failure) can ensue so please stay smoke free and you should even steer clear of the second hand stuff.

[goplay94123 575]

I had said I quit as well and then they told me about the nicotine test. I quit July 7 2015 cold turkey and haven't smoked since. I did buy a Cotinine test on Amazon and it showed positive for about 3.5 weeks after my last smoke. I still have a bunch left. Send me a message with our address if u want me mail them to ya. I will say that I think the quitting smoking was the best thing I did followed by the weight loss surgery.

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[goplay94123 575]

To be more clear. I have a bunch of the continine tests left not cigarettes I can send. Hahahaha

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