David Abrams

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Intention to quit smoking among human immunodeficiency virus infected adults in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A E Shapiro; N Tshabangu; J E Golub; N A Martinson (Profiled Authors: Jonathan Golub; Neil Martinson)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 , USA. ashapiro@jhsph.edu
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011;15(1):140-2.

Although smoking is common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals, in resource-constrained, high HIV prevalence settings, information on smoking cessation intent and acceptability is limited. Of 150 self-reported current smokers surveyed in two South African HIV clinics, 62 (42%) reported intent to quit smoking in the next year, while 86 (58%) were not interested in quitting or had no plan to quit; 132 (82%) had attempted to quit at least once in the past. Respondents' preferred cessation strategies were counseling and nicotine replacement. A high proportion of HIV-infected smokers want to quit, and interventions should be provided as part of HIV care.

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