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Smokers who take HIV treatment and have an undetectable viral load are far more likely to die from a smoking-related illness than they are to die from an HIV-related illness. Smoking causes a large numbers of cancers and heart attacks in people living with HIV. It appears that people with HIV are more vulnerable than other people to the harmful effects of smoking.

Smoking

Can E-Cigarettes Be a Harm Reduction Approach for HIV-Positive Smokers?

Editor's pick
The Body Pro
11 January 2017
Smoking

Risk of pregnancy loss among smokers much higher for women with HIV

News
11 January 2017
Smoking

Smoking more harmful than HIV for people taking effective treatment, US study suggests

News
8 November 2016
Ageing & HIV

Not So Fast: Do people with HIV really experience accelerated aging?

Editor's pick
Positively Aware
8 July 2016
Smoking

World No Tobacco Day 2016: Living with HIV, dying with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

Editor's pick
Inis Communication
31 May 2016
History of HIV & AIDS

Tobacco firms pushed AIDS agenda to protect profits

Editor's pick
SciDevNet
9 May 2016
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Life expectancy in HIV-positive people in the US still lags 13 years behind HIV-negative people

News
28 February 2016
Smoking

Heavy smokers who quit more than 15 years ago still at high risk for lung cancer and should be screened

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
27 January 2016
Cancer

High rates of modifiable cancer risk factors present in Western HIV-positive patients

News
18 January 2016
Lung disease

Low CD4 count, smoking and unhealthy alcohol use are risk factors for acute exacerbation of COPD in people with HIV

News
11 November 2015
Cardiovascular disease

Risk of heart attack rises with length of HIV infection, regardless of age

News
27 October 2015
Smoking

Anti-smoking Strategies Critical to TB and HIV Care

Editor's pick
VOA News
28 August 2015
Cancer

Screening study finds high prevalence of early-stage lung cancer among smokers with HIV

News
5 March 2015
Cancer

Smoking is the biggest risk factor for non-AIDS-defining cancers in people living with HIV

News
4 March 2015
Smoking

Varenicline helps people with HIV stop smoking, but success rate remains low

News
4 March 2015
Cancer

Low CD4 count important risk factor for oral HPV infection in patients with HIV

News
23 February 2015
HIV prevention policy

Men who have sex with men have other health inequalities as well as poor sexual health, say Public Health England

News
6 February 2015
Cardiovascular disease

Smoking is the main cause of increased risk of heart attack in people with HIV

News
28 January 2015
Smoking

Smoking doubles risk of death for patients taking HIV therapy

News
16 December 2014
Smoking

Tobacco use associated with increased risk of oral HPV-16 infection

Editor's pick
Eurekalert
8 October 2014
Smoking

Smoking now the biggest health risk for LGBTI Americans not HIV

Editor's pick
Gay Star News
9 July 2014
Smoking

Tobacco Smoking Impairs Immune System in HIV-Infected People

Editor's pick
Digital Journal
29 May 2014
Cancer

People living with HIV at higher risk of cancers caused by smoking or viruses, but not all cancers

News
16 May 2014
Lung disease

CROI 2014: Chronic lung disease is prevalent and under-diagnosed in people with HIV

Editor's pick
HIVandHepatitis.com
28 April 2014