Psychemedics Test for Cotinine (metabolite of Nicotine) Detection Cleared by FDA
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ACTON, Mass., April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Psychemedics Corporation (NASDAQ:PMD), the world leader and pioneer in detecting drugs of abuse using hair analysis, today introduced the first FDA-cleared hair test for cotinine, the predominant metabolite for nicotine. This test provides a way for schools and businesses to detect the ingestion of nicotine by all methods including smoking or the use of electronic cigarettes. Hair testing provides several significant advantages over other methods of testing including a 90-day lookback period for the ingestion of drugs. The popularity of electronic cigarettes has skyrocketed in society and particularly in schools. The following data support the troubling increase educators are seeing in the use of e-cigarettes and vaping. Results from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey paint a disturbing picture: More than 5M youth used e-cigarettes in 2019 (up 38% from 2018)1.6M youth used e-cigarettes on 20 or more days a month27.5% of high
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