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Smoking and Your Health: How to Quit (and Why You Should) (Winter 2008)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Smoking and HIV (January 10, 2006)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Smoking Cessation in HIV-Infected Patients (June 2005)
New guidelines from the state Department of Health recommends HIV physicians actively help their patients quit smoking cigarettes.
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From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Smoking Among U.S. HIVers Tied to Ethnicity, Education, Age, Drinking (June 18, 2004)
Houston-area HIVers are more likely to smoke if they're white, less educated, older or heavy drinkers, a study finds.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Smoking Cessation: One Day at a Time (January/February 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Smoke Signals (November/December 2003)
Eric L. Watts writes about one of the most difficult periods in his life: not his HIV diagnosis, but his battle to quit smoking.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Smoking Ups Cervical Cancer Risk in Women With HPV (September 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Avoid Smoking and Drinking if You Have Hepatitis C (2002)
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From PositiveWords
Up in Smoke: Cigarettes and HIV (Winter 2000)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Smoking: It Doesn't Make Living With HIV Any Easier (November 1999)
Tips and advice from Nancy Wongvipat, a health education specialist.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles

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