Does anyone know how long you need to be smoke free before you can pass the smoking test where you have to blow into that machine????

Does anyone know how long you need to be smoke free before you can pass the smoking test where you have to blow into that machine????

I took the urine test. I never heard of blowing into a machine.

hey! i took the pulmonary exam and they never specified u need to be smoke free.i am a smoker and i passed the test with flying colors. the pulmonolgist is a test to see how strong your lungs are. he DOES reccommend that you quit smoking 3 months BEFORE your surgery date and he WILL put that on your paperwork. i personally was just prescribed chantix to quit so at least my insurance and surgeon will see that im consitently taking it before my surgery date. hope that helps

Omg that makes me feel better. Is that pulmonary test the same where they check for carbon monoxide?

hmm that i dont know. you may try google for that one but honestly when i went i just breathed in a machine a bunch of times. took a break then did it again. they printed my results and said my clearance was all set! i was honest and up front about the smoking and they understand it is hard to quit. also after meeting with my surgeon last week he sai as long as im clear a full month before and after surgey i should be ok. (which is why i didnt go for the bypass. if you get bypass and ur still smoking you will get ulcers) i plan on quitting for good but just in case i slip up

The breath test shows how many calories you burn a day on average. It's an estimate of your metabolism.