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Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV

A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with HIV were at double the risk of bacterial pneumonia than non-smoking counterparts, but that when people stopped smoking their risk was reduced.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Science Daily (press release)
Outcomes and prognosis
HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection

Among HIV patients receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, those who smoke lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV, according to a Danish study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online.

Published
21 December 2012
From
EurekAlert
Cancer
HIV Infection Not Associated With Lung Cancer

Higher lung cancer rates have been reported in people with HIV/AIDS than in the general population, but it has not been clear why.

Published
18 November 2011
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB smoking toll 'could reach 40m'

Forty million smokers around the world could die from TB by 2050, research suggests.

Published
05 October 2011
From
BBC Health
Smoking
Text messages 'help smokers quit'

Supportive text messages can double the chance of someone successfully quitting smoking, according to UK researchers.

Published
30 June 2011
From
BBC Health
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