Monica S. Webb|Peter A. Vanable|Michael P. Carey|Donald C. Blair
Cigarette Smoking among HIV+ Men and Women: Examining Health, Substance Use, and Psychosocial Correlates across the Smoking Spectrum
Syracuse University|Syracuse University|Syracuse University|SUNY Upstate Medical University
prevalence cigarette smoking among hiv individuals greater found general population however factors related smoking within population well understood study examined associations smoking demographic medical substance use psychosocial factors clinicbased sample hiv men women two hundred twelve participants completed selfreport measures tobacco use hivrelated symptoms viral load cd4 alcohol illicit drug use depression social support multinomial logistic regression mlr analyses modeled independent associations crosssectional set predictors smoking status results indicated 74 sample smoked least one cigarette per day using standard definitions 23 sample light smokers 22 moderate smokers 29 smoked heavily smoking associated hivrelated symptoms greater alcohol marijuana use less social support light smoking related minority raceethnicity less income moderate smoking associated less education heavy smoking related less education younger age viral load cd4 count depression associated smoking status psychosocial interventions targeting population consider relationships biopsychosocial factors smoking behavior