# Nicotine and Metabolite, Quantitative, Plasma, Whole Blood, or Serum

> This test measures the levels of nicotine and cotinine, a substance created when the body breaks down nicotine, in your blood. It helps determine if you have recently used tobacco, utilized nicotine replacement products, or been exposed to secondhand smoke. Doctors often use these results to monitor progress in smoking cessation programs or to verify that a person is not currently using nicotine. While it confirms exposure, this test cannot diagnose specific smoking-related illnesses or determine exactly how much tobacco was consumed over a lifetime.

- Labcorp code: 071255
- Category: [Environmental Toxins](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/environmental-toxins.md)
- Price: shown at checkout, before payment.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=071255&ref=assistant

## About ordering

A licensed physician reviews every order before any test is run, and results arrive in the person's Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.