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Vol.2, No.8, 913-918 (2010) HEALTH doi:10.4236/health.2010.28135 Smoking behavior of HIV-infected patients 1 1 2 1 1 Till Neumann *, Nico Reinsch , Stefan Esser , Peter Krings , Thomas Konorza , Tanja 1 3 4 1 Woiwoid , Michael Miller , Norbert Brockmeyer , Raimund Erbel 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Essen University, Medical School, Essen, Germany; *Corresponding Author: till.neumann@uni-essen.de 2Department of HIV-Medicine Dermatology, Medical School, Essen University, Essen, Germany 3Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, Essen University, Essen, Germany 4Department of Dermatology, Medical School, Bochum University, Bochum, Germany Received 10 March 2010; revised 2 April 2010; accepted 5 April 2010. ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION Recent reports describe an increased rate of Since the development of effective antiretroviral therapy cardiovascular events in smoking HIV-infected concepts, the replication of the human immunodefi- subjects. However, a lot is still unknown about ciency virus (HIV) could be decreased and its coincident smoking in this patient population. The purpose deleterious effects on the immune system be diminished. of the study was to analyze smoking behavior in Therefore, the HIV-infection has become a chronic dis- HIV-infected subjects as a risk factor of coro-