Can sniffer dogs detect nicotine lozenges?

If they are trained to alert to nicotine or other scents present in the lozenges, yes. However, most detection dogs would only be trained to illicit drugs, cash or explosive materials (other than those trained to detect medical issues in humans). read more

Sure. I’m sure that any dog, “sniffer” or otherwise, can smell nicotine. The more relevant issue is what they will do when they smell it. Dogs have exponentially more sensitive noses than we do. Their vision is only so-so. They experience the world through smell. Dogs can be trained to react with certain behaviors when they smell certain things. read more

Best Answer: dogs can smell a lot of things but a drug dog is trained to sniff out illegal drugs. some dogs are trained to sniff out explosives. never have i heard of a nicotine sniffing dog- that would be a waste of money. the training that goes in to these dogs is pretty expansive and believe it or not police have a more important agenda when they bring a drug dog into a school than nicotine. i can only imagine how many student have cigarettes in their cars or lockers whatever. read more