How Long Does Nicotine Stay In Your Syst...

The effects of nicotine on the body vary from short to long-lasting.  We are familiar with many of these – lung damage, high cholesterol, etc.  But the question is, how long is nicotine actually in your body for?  What is the detection period for a nicotine test (using urine)? When your body takes in nicotine, it starts to break it down.  HowStuffWorks.com walks us through the process. The liver breaks down nicotine into cotinine, the amount of which is proportionate to the amount of nicotine in your body (even nicotine that entered through second hand smoke)....