Non-cigarette tobacco and poly-tobacco use among persons living with HIV drawn from a nationally representative sample.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking is more prevalent among persons living with HIV (PLWH) than the general population. Little is known about the prevalence of non-cigarette tobacco and poly-tobacco use (PTU; using multiple tobacco products) among this population, which, in the general population is associated with poor health and cessation outcomes. We aimed to characterize the prevalence of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco use, PTU, and correlates of tobacco use status among a nationally-representative sample of PLWH.

Methods

Data came from 472 HIV-positive adults from the 2005-2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

Results

The prevalence of PTU overall was 8.7% (95% CI=5.6-13.2), and 16.6% (95% CI=10.2-25.7) among past-year tobacco users. In multinomial logistic

SUBMITTER: Pacek LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4834032 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature