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Globally, around 41 million people are living with HIV. And just about everywhere, smoking rates for this population are far higher — anywhere up to four times higher — than national averages.
A recent briefing paper from Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction highlights the acute need to maximize health for people with HIV by helping them quit smoking.
Advances in medical care, such as antiretroviral therapy (ART), mean that in many places people with HIV should be able to have the same life expectancy as the general population, the paper notes. But when over 4 million of the 24.5 million people on ART are estimated to smoke, the life-extending benefits of this treatment are substantially negated.
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