Nicotine's effects (and how long they last) depend on many variables Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD Nicotine stays in your body for different amounts of time depending on the type of test.

Nicotine quickly enters your bloodstream. Your liver then breaks down nicotine into several byproducts, primarily cotinine. Depending on what you're testing, such as a blood, urine, saliva, or hair ...

Eons before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans cultivated the tobacco leaf for ceremonial activities and medicinal purposes for use during prayers and rituals. They presented the ...

Parents are increasingly facing a problem that just years ago would have seemed unfathomable: their kids are addicted to vaping. The rise in teen e-cigarette use has been reiterated in study after ...

UCSF’s Habit Abatement Clinic is testing a vaccine that enlists help from the immune system to keep nicotine away from the brain. The vaccine is designed to help smokers quit and to limit the urge to ...

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. LXRP; LXX:CNX, a drug delivery platform innovator, announces that it has successfully delivered nicotine in an edible form into blood plasma just minutes after dosing in an ...

The School of Nursing is collaborating on a national study that adopts two counter-intuitive principles in its search for ways to treat memory loss among aging populations. The two surprising concepts ...

Health officials hope the additional testing will help identify disease and drug trends more quickly. Measles testing began in mid-July, while opioid and nicotine testing started nine months prior.

In growing concern for the health of Southern Boone County students, school officials are seriously considering adding the chemical nicotine to random drug testing. Finding a thin line between school ...