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1-can nicotine from cigarette appear in blood/urine tests? 2-can nicotine change lab results? ps.i'm not a smoker,just one cigarette from time to time
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Yes and no: nicotine can be detected in blood, urine and saliva, through special tests, not the routine blood work. And it won't affect results of other blood tests
Answered 7/6/2017
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