What is cotinine?
• What is The Langley Nicotine test? • How can Nicotine be withdrawn from our body? • Is Nicotine a Psychoactive Drug? • What is Niacin? • What are the pharmacological uses of Nicotinic acid? • How is Niacin synthesized biologically? • Does tobacco smoking effects oral health? • Is Nicotine useful in any way? • What does a variation in the intensity of the color of the nicotine test result signify? • What if the nicotine test results are not clear to me? • Do medications influence the tobacco test result? • What does a negative result mean for my TabocAlert Nicotine Exposure Test? • What does a positive result mean for my TabocAlert Nicotine Exposure Test?? • Are there any medications or foods, etc. that can cause the test to be positive even when there is no second hand smoke exposure (this is called a false positive)? • What is the lowest amount of second hand smoke exposure that the test can detect? • Are there other nicotine tests available that can give a quantified test result? •
Cotinine is created in the body of habitual smokers when nicotine is metabolized, and builds up gradually over time if smoking is done regularly. Cotinine does not break down in body fluids and has a half-life of around 17 hours, making it easier to detect than nicotine or other nicotine metabolites since it is present in the body for a longer period of time. It is known as a common indicator of exposure to tobacco. Cotinine is tested for by various methods including gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, HPLC ( High Performance Liquid Chromatography) and other processes that generally require specialized equipment.
