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- Title
Persons living with HIV who do not smoke cigarettes: A comparison of ex-smokers and never smokers.
- Authors
Shuter, Jonathan; Hosgood, H. Dean; Nardin, Shaundell; Weinberger, Andrea H.
- Abstract
Background and Aims: Approximately half of persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the US smoke cigarettes. Large surveys show that 16.9%–37.3% of PLWH are never smokers compared to 57.5% of US adults. Similar proportions of PLWH and general population adults describe themselves as ex-smokers (20.3% vs 21.9% respectively). Little research has been done to characterize PLWH non-smokers. In this study, we compared a group of well characterized PLWH ex-smokers (i.e., no cigarettes for at least 5 years) to PLWH never smokers with the aim of developing a clearer understanding of the characteristics of these groups and the differences between them. Design: Cross-sectional interview study employing audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI). Setting: Comprehensive HIV care center in New York City. Participants: In 2018–2019, we recruited a sample of PLWH never smokers (N = 54) and long-term ex-smokers (no cigarettes for at least 5 years, N = 36). Non-smoking status of participants was verified by exhaled carbon monoxide. Measurements: We collected a range of sociodemographic, historical, clinical, and psychobehavioral data pertaining to tobacco use. Results: Compared to never smokers, ex-smokers were older, more likely to have heterosexually acquired HIV and less likely to have same-sex-acquired infection, more likely to have parents and/or siblings who smoked, more likely to have current smoker/s in their households, and more likely to have ever used marijuana, cocaine, and/or heroin. Conclusions: We describe important demographic and sociobehavioral differences between PLWH never smokers and ex-smokers that may be useful in crafting an effective response to the cigarette smoking epidemic in US PLWH.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HIV-positive persons; CARBON monoxide; EX-smokers; CROSS-sectional method; INTERVIEWING; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TOBACCO products; SMOKING
- Publication
Tobacco Use Insights, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1179-173X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179173X211053349