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United Press International - September 21, 2006
An analysis published in the British Medical Journal ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections says that six studies assessed the association between cigarette smoking and becoming HIV positive. Five of the studies concluded that smokers ran a greater risk of this varying from around 60 percent to a more than tripling of the risk, according to study leader Dr. Andrew Furber of the South East Sheffield Primary Care Trust.
Ten further studies looked at the association between smoking and progression to AIDS; nine of them concluded that smokers were not at increased risk. Sheffield says the findings may indicate that smoking may not promote the progression of HIV to AIDS.
"The consistency of the findings is striking and represents a major strength of this review, while the studies vary in quality, they include reports of high quality investigations using large sample sizes," the authors write.
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