ArticleAIDS and behavior2014
Tobacco use among adults initiating treatment for HIV infection in rural Uganda.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05487807 (Quit4Life+), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Quit4Life+: Adapting and Evaluating a Phone-Based Tobacco Use Cessation Program for People Living With HIV in Uganda and Zambia (Quit4Life+ )
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and epidemiological distribution of substance use among people living with HIV in the East African region: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Tobacco Smoking and Cessation Among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Changes in smoking patterns after HIV diagnosis or antiretroviral treatment initiation: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2020Pooled it
- Usability and cultural adaptation of a text message-based tobacco cessation intervention for people living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Prevalence of tobacco use in a cross-sectional survey of people initiating HIV care in a Chennai clinic.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Multilevel drivers of tobacco use among people living with HIV in West Nile and Karamoja Regions in Uganda: a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A phone-based tobacco use cessation program for people living with HIV in Uganda and Zambia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Potential risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and associated sociodemographic characteristics: A cross-sectional evaluation of a large cohort of women living with HIV in north-central Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- An Emerging Syndemic of Smoking and Cardiopulmonary Diseases in People Living with HIV in Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The influence of HIV infection and antiretroviral treatment on pulmonary function in individuals in an urban setting in sub-Saharan Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2021Article
- Smoking cessation after engagement in HIV care in rural Uganda.AIDS care · 2018Article
- HIV Infection, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and COPD in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.Lung · 2018Article
- Head and Neck Cancers Case Control Study of HIV Positive Compared to Negative Patients in a Ugandan Population Sample.International journal of clinical oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2017Article
- Immunologic Pathways That Predict Mortality in HIV-Infected Ugandans Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
We conducted a longitudinal study of tobacco use among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Mbarara, Uganda where 11 % of men and 3 % of women use tobacco according to the 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. In a prospective cohort, self-reported tobacco use was assessed before starting ART and reassessed every 3-4 months. Plasma cotinine, a nicotine metabolite, was measured in a subset of adults pre-ART to verify self-report. Among 496 subjects, 50 (10 %) reported current tobacco use (20 % of men, 6 % of women). Most (53 %) adults with elevated cotinine levels (>15 ng/mL) reported no tobacco use. By 6 months after ART initiation, 33 % of tobacco users had quit (95 % CI 20-46 %). By 5 years, 64 % quit (95 % CI 47-77 %). Self-reported tobacco use among rural Ugandans starting ART was twice as common as among the local background population and use may be underreported. ART initiation could be an opportunity for tobacco cessation interventions.
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