Study: PLWH Who Smoke Up to 13 Times More Likely to Die from Lung Cancer than AIDS | HIV.gov

Study: PLWH Who Smoke Up to 13 Times More Likely to Die from Lung Cancer than AIDS | HIV.gov

Study: PLWH Who Smoke Up to 13 Times More Likely to Die from Lung Cancer than AIDS

October 4, 2017 - HIV.gov Blog

TOPICS: PLWHA, Smoking
A new modeling analysis looking at the risk of lung cancer death due to smoking for a person living with HIV concluded that “for people living with HIV who adhere to antiretroviral therapy (ART), smoking is a much greater threat to their health than HIV itself." In fact... [READ MORE]