Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Study: H.I.V.-Positive Smokers Lose More Years to Tobacco Than to The Virus

Mortality:  H.I.V.-Positive Smokers Lose More Years to Tobacco Than To the Virus, A Study Says by Donald G. McNeil.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2012.

The Danish study found that a 35-year-old H.I.V nonsmoking patient was likely to live to 78.  A 35-year-old H.I.V smoking patient likely to live to 63.  Both smokers and non-smokers were treated under the Danish universal health care system.

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