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Mortality Attributable to Smoking Among HIV-1–Infected Individuals: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study
HIV-infected smokers lose more life-years to smoking than to HIV. The excess mortality of smokers is tripled and the population-attributable risk of death associated with smoking is doubled among HIV patients compared to the background population.
Dec 18, 2012
Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Jan 4, 2013 09:51
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[Denmark] Mortality: H.I.V.-Positive Smokers Lose More Years to Tobacco Than to the Virus, a Study Says
H.I.V. patients who obtain good treatment but who smoke lose more years of life to tobacco than to the virus, a new Danish study has found. . . . A 35-year-old H.I.V. patient who did not smoke was likely to live to age 78, while one who smoked was lik
Jan 1, 2013
New York Times
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Jan 1, 2013 11:38
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Smoking Deadlier For HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: Study
Nonsmokers getting good care had life expectancy of 78, compared with 63 for smokers
Dec 19, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Dec 20, 2012 06:21
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How Tobacco Can Be Deadlier Than The HIV Virus
Dec 19, 2012
Think Progress (blog)
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Dec 20, 2012 01:54
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[Denmark] HIV Positive? Quit Smoking!
A recent study attempted to determine the impact of smoking on HIV patients. Results showed there is a need for smoking cessation programs and counseling for HIV patients to prolong life expectancy.
Dec 18, 2012
DailyRx
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Dec 19, 2012 02:37
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[Denmark] 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. The
Dec 19, 2012
EurekAlert
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Dec 19, 2012 02:34
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A Story of AIDS, From the Beginning
David France, the director of the documentary "How to Survive a Plague," . . . I asked Mr. France if that was why he still smokes. Was it a vestige of an era in which no one thought about middle age and beyond? He said that wasn’t it at all. As he told
Dec 13, 2012
New York Times
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Dec 13, 2012 01:57
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Scout, Ph.D.: Time for LGBT Communities to Stop Being Such Easy Targets for the Tobacco Industry
Want to really see the pull tobacco has on LGBT people? Take three minutes and watch the new Legacy video, then please share it with an LGBT person you love.
Dec 12, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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Dec 12, 2012 15:19
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Groups Fight Targeting by Big Tobacco
a new report released by Legacy® focuses on those efforts. The report, titled Tobacco Control in LGBT Communities, explores the reasons behind continued disparities in tobacco use among LGBT people versus the general population, explains Legacy’s role in
Dec 11, 2012
American Legacy Foundation
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Dec 11, 2012 13:42
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Tobacco fact sheet: Lesbian, gay, bisexuaL, and transgender (LGBT) communities and smoking (PDF)
Dec 5, 2012
American Legacy Foundation
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Dec 5, 2012 13:28