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A randomized trial of a proactive cellular telephone intervention for smokers living with HIV/AIDS

AIDSPublished 5 January 2006
Damon J. Vidrine, Roberto C. Arduino, Amy B. Lazev, Ellen R. Gritz
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TL;DR

Smoking cessation treatment tailored to the special needs of individuals living with HIV/AIDS, such as counseling delivered by cellular telephone, can significantly increase smoking abstinence rates over that achieved by usual care.

Abstract

These results suggest that individuals living with HIV/AIDS are receptive to, and can be helped by, smoking cessation treatment. In addition, smoking cessation treatment tailored to the special needs of individuals living with HIV/AIDS, such as counseling delivered by cellular telephone, can significantly increase smoking abstinence rates over that achieved by usual care.

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