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How long to rid blood of continine after smoking?

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Maybe a week...: It likely depends on how high the cotinine level got (how much smoking was being done). After stopping smoking (stopping nicotine), the cotinine level will drop every day. Some websites say the level is detectable up to a week from the day smoking stopped.

Answered 7/21/2013

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