[fwdude]

A lot of causality vs. correlation going on here, and a lot of it gets lost in the agenda.

It’s probably that higher rates of smoking in people with HIV is the main culprit, but the question still remains why people with HIV have higher rates of smoking.

[max americana]

I dont care. Fags die of AIDS.

[Jeff Chandler]

why people with HIV have higher rates of smoking.

Hedonistic lifestyles.

[NorseViking]

No surprise here. It is only natural for HIV+ to be more susceptible to any opportunistic infections and for the smokers to pulmonary ones.

[Conserv]

In conclusion, try not to get HIV.

[Midwesterner53]

People with HIV likely have a lot of self destructive habits. Totaled together, they often prove fatal.

[StAnDeliver]

Dude, can you imagine St. Michael's creating that synopsis and not ONE WORD about whether or not that group was on the AZT prep or whatever cohort and whether or not there was a control group???

Damn! It's just unreal the sloppiness in systemic viral epidemiology.

[Svartalfiar]

A lot of causality vs. correlation going on here, and a lot of it gets lost in the agenda.

It’s probably that higher rates of smoking in people with HIV is the main culprit, but the question still remains why people with HIV have higher rates of smoking.

Not really. HIV destroys the immune system. I would expect the HIV+ community to acquire just about every disease, on average, at an earlier age than HIV- people. 12 years is a big jump, but for a condition that generally affects older people, there's going to be a bigger gap to when HIV+ people tend to get it.