General Information

• Smoking (AIDSmap)
• Smoking and HIV (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Cigarette Smoking & HIV/AIDS (TheBody) – web page with links to fact sheets and articles about smoking

Selected Recent Articles

• People with HIV Lower Risk of Heart Attack by Quitting Smoking.  (October 2016, Poz)
• CT Scans Detect Early Lung Cancer in Middle-Aged Smokers with HIV.  (September 2016, HIV Treatment Alerts/TheBodyPro)
• Osteoporosis and Smoking Raise Fracture Risk in People with HIV.  (September 2016, HIV Treatment Alerts/TheBodyPro)
• Be a Quitter.  (June 2016, Poz)
• Chest CT Scan Detects Early Lung Cancer in HIV-Positive Smokers.  (April 2016, The BodyPro)
• Helping People With HIV Quit Smoking: What Works for Whom? (Spring 2016, Research Initiative/Treatment Action)
• Smoking’s Pernicious Impact Worse with HIV Infection. (Spring 2016, Research Initiative/Treatment Action)
• Step-by-Step Advice on Helping HIV-Positive Smokers Quit. (Spring 2016, Research Initiative/Treatment Action)
• Ten Things Every HIV Clinician Should Know About Smoking. (Spring 2016, Research Initiative/Treatment Action)
• Low CD4 count, smoking and unhealthy alcohol use are risk factors for acute exacerbation of COPD in people with HIV.  (November 2015, AIDSmap)
• Quit-Smoking Drug Works Among People With HIV.  (March 2015, Poz)
• Smoking greatly increases risk for non-AIDS cancers in people with HIV.  (March 2015, Project Inform)
• People With HIV Have High Rates of Smoking, Low Rates of Quitting.  (March 2015, Poz)
• Avoiding smoking could prevent 37% of non-AIDS cancers in adults with HIV.  (March 2015, NATAP)
• Smoking, atherosclerosis common among MSM with HIV.  (March 2015, Healio)
• Screening study finds high prevalence of early-stage lung cancer among smokers with HIV.  (March 2015, AIDSmap)
• Smoking Almost Triples Heart Attack Risk in Those Living With HIV.  (March 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Smoking is the biggest risk factor for non-AIDS-defining cancers in people living with HIV.  (March 2015, AIDSmap)
• Varenicline helps people with HIV stop smoking, but success rate remains low.  (March 2015, AIDSmap)
• Stop-Smoking Drug Helps HIV Patients Kick Habit.  (March 2015, MedPage Today)
• Smoking is the main cause of increased risk of heart attack in people with HIV.  (January 2015, AIDSmap)
• People on HIV Treatment Double Their Risk of Death By Smoking.  (January 2015, Poz)
• Smoking Lowers Life Expectancy More Than HIV Itself.  (January 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Smoking doubles risk of death for patients taking HIV therapy.  (December 2014, AIDSmap)
• HIV infection associated with an increased risk of the diseases of ageing.  (September 2014, AIDSmap)
• COPD Rate 7% in Global HIV Cohort – Half With COPD Never Smoked.  (July 2014, NATAP)
• Smoking Harms the Immune System in People With HIV.  (May 2014, Poz)
• Cancer Risk in HIV Population Linked to Viruses and Smoking.  (May 2014, Poz)
• Immune suppression and smoking history are risks for HPV-related anal disease in HIV-positive gay men.  (August 2013, AIDSmap)
• Mobile phone support increases chances that people living with HIV will quit smoking.  (June 2013, AIDSmap)
• People With HIV in Care Smoke at Twice the Rate of Those Without.  (March 2013, Poz)
• Cardiovascular Disease and Co-morbidities in HIV.  (March 2013, NATAP)
• Smoking Rate Twice Higher With Than Without HIV in First National US Study.  (March 2013, NATAP)
• Smoking has a bigger impact on the prognosis of HIV-positive patients than HIV-related factors.  (December 2012, AIDSmap)
• HIV-Positive Smokers Lose Far More Years to Cigarettes Than to the Virus.  (December 2012, Poz)
• Smoking the biggest single risk factor for acute heart disease in people with HIV. (November 2012, AIDSmap)
• HIV Contributes to Lung Cancer Risk, but Smoking Matters Most. (April 2012, Poz)
• HIV Speeds Lung Function Decline in Cohort of Smokers. (March 2012, Poz)
• Cancers in people with HIV: who gets them, and which ones? (March 2012, AIDSmap)
• Smoking cessation counselling and treatment during routine HIV care helps patients to quit. (January 2012, AIDSmap)
• Smoking, Not HIV Disease, Is Most Important Lung Cancer Risk. (January 2012, Poz)
• Smoking, not immunodeficiency or lung disease, increases lung cancer risk for patients with HIV. (January 2012, AIDSmap)
• Lung cancer is biggest killer in study of non-AIDS-defining cancers. (October 2011, AIDSmap)
• Traditional Risk Factors Greatest Risk for Bone Fractures. (July 2011, Poz)
• Mobile phone support helps patients with HIV stop smoking. (July 2011, AIDSmap)