Being Alive Newsletter, Being Alive/Los Angeles - May 1993 Garance Franke-Ruta
Tobacco smoking is harmful not only to smokers but also to those who live or work with them, regardless of HIV status. It has been associated with a higher risk of HIV infection. There are conflicting data on the effects of smoking on HIV disease progression, and the effects of pre-existing smoker's leucocytosis do not seem to be protective. Although some recent studies point to increased risks for certain opportunistic infections in smokers, especially PCP, the only infection in which this association has been proved is in the case of anogenital abnormalities and cancers. Despite the long time it takes many smoking-related problems to develop, smoking is by no means without health risks for the immunocompromised person.
(This article is reprinted from the PWAC of Hawai Newsletter, February/March 1993.)
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