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Can secondhand smoke cause a positive test result for nicotine before surgery?

May 24, 2023
Asked By:wizardlyfoot76 in Sun City West, Arizona

I had breast augmentation in 2017 and I need to have a revision. The doctor now does nicotine testing at an extreme level. If they find nicotine in your urine they won’t do the surgery and will reschedule. My boyfriend who I live with and would be driving me to the surgery smokes and I’m worried that the second hand smoke will give a positive result even though I do not smoke. Any suggestions or have you seen anything like this?

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