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If you are a non-smoker but smoked 3 menthol cigarettes are you able to pass a cotinine blood test?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Depends: If you have the test day after smoking you may not pass, however, a week later you should pass as long you have no other exposure to tobacco, including second hand smoke.

Answered 11/27/2018

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A member asked:

If you are a non-smoker but smoked 3 menthol cigarettes are you able to pass a cotinine blood test?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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