Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda.
Noreen Dadirai MdegeFredrick Edward MakumbiRonald SsenyongaFrances ThirlwayJoseph K B MatovuElena RatschenKamran SiddiqiKellen Nyamurungi NamusisiPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
Future behavioral smoking cessation interventions for PLWH should address co-consumption with alcohol and comorbid mental health conditions that are common among PLWH such as stress. In addition, they should take into account the lack of knowledge among this population of the impact of smoking on their health, and low self-efficacy. Given the relatively low levels of nicotine dependency and high levels of willingness to quit in our sample, smoking cessation interventions, if offered, are likely to support this population in achieving long-term smoking abstinence.