Impact of Cigarette Smoking and Smoking Cessation on Life Expectancy Among People With HIV: A US-Based Modeling Study

Conclusions. HIV-infected US smokers aged 40 years lose >6 years of life expectancy from smoking, possibly outweighing the loss from HIV infection itself. Smoking cessation should become a priority in HIV treatment programs.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - November 13, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Reddy, K. P., Parker, R. A., Losina, E., Baggett, T. P., Paltiel, A. D., Rigotti, N. A., Weinstein, M. C., Freedberg, K. A., Walensky, R. P. Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: research