Question:
I am getting a urine & blood test for life insurance and I am not supposed to have any nicotine in my system for the drug test. I have already quit smoking a week ago but i was wondering if i needed to wait another week to take the urine & blood test. By the way i was using chewing tobacco not cigs.

Answer:

Nicotine only stays in your bloodstream for a few days, but nicotine is not what they are checking for in a life insurance test.

They test for cotinine. About 80 percent of nicotine is broken down to cotinine by enzymes in your liver. Cotinine can stay in your bloodstream for 6 to 8 MONTHS!!!!

If you want a clean cotinine test, I would recommend going to a health food store and finding products that will clean out your blood. Don't take the liquid one shot ones, cause they will cause your cholesterol to go through the roof. You need to get the ones that are at least a week taking daily pills, even though they are expensive.

After the life insurance test, cotinine and nicotine will get back into your bloodstream from fat being burned that held the nicotine. So you won't be clean for ever.