I'd like to make an announcement...

[~Sue~Feb2012]

1 week off nic and good to go. I took a cotinine test at 5 days and passed. Pretty happy about this.

Finally getting time to play around with my dripper coils and cotton wicks and blowing some excellent clouds.

If something doesn't work quite right or malfunctions, no big deal since I am no longer an addict. I can wait. It is now only a hobby as opposed to a NEED.

Congrats ZNinja Your story gives hope to so many people!

Quick question re the continine test. I'm curious if there is a point at which a person would "pass" the test (for employers, or insurance companies or whatever) and still be vaping some nic? Were you failing the continine test when down to a couple mg/ml in your vapes? Does a person have to be completely free of nicotine (whether vaping, the patch, gum etc.) to pass those tests? Did your employer or insurance co. test for exhaled CO2 (as in still smoking?) or just to see if any nicotine is in your system?

I've heard that some employers and/or insurance companies want people to be smoke free, but does that mean 0mg nic too?

 

[ZNinja]

I passed the cotinine test while still using .5 mg/ml. Any higher and I still failed it. Of course that would also depend on how much you were vaping as well.

It was not my employer or insurance co testing me, it was just me for my own satisfaction. I bought a 10 pack of tests off eBay simply for experimentation/scientific purposes. But I realize that one day they might test me so I want to be ready. I know I can be using .5 and give myself a few days at zero and I will pass. YMMV.

 

[~Sue~Feb2012]

Thanks! Good info

 

[Ryedan]

I passed the cotinine test while still using .5 mg/ml. Any higher and I still failed it. Of course that would also depend on how much you were vaping as well.

It was not my employer or insurance co testing me, it was just me for my own satisfaction. I bought a 10 pack of tests off eBay simply for experimentation/scientific purposes. But I realize that one day they might test me so I want to be ready. I know I can be using .5 and give myself a few days at zero and I will pass. YMMV.

Thanks for posting this ZNinja. People have asked before about how to pass cotinine tests and no one ever had any hard data to point them to. This is at least something. Bookmarked for future reference