Justin's HIV Journal Justin Tries To Quit Smoking

Justin B Smith from Justin's HIV Journal has been smoking since the age of 17. He is 29 years old so he has been smoking for about 12 years.

According to TheBody.com, people with HIV disease are more likely to smoke than healthy people. Smoking can interfere with normal lung function in healthy people. In people with HIV, smoking can make it more difficult to fight off serious infections. People with HIV disease are now living longer. Smoking and related problems can interfere with long term quality of life.

Smoking weakens the immune system. It can make it harder to fight off HIV-related infections. This is especially true for infections related to the lungs. Smoking can interfere with processing of medications by the liver. It can also worsen liver problems like hepatitis.

People with HIV who smoke are more likely to suffer complications from HIV medication than those who don't. For example, those who smoke are more likely to experience nausea and vomiting from taking HIV medications. Smoking increases the risk of some long-term side effects of HIV disease and treatment. These include osteoporosis . HIV treatment slightly increases the risk of heart attack, but smoking is the major controllable risk factor for heart attacks or strokes.
Recent studies found that quitting smoking reduced heart attack risk in HIV patients more than other factors such as changes in medications.

People with HIV disease who smoke are more likely to develop several opportunistic infections related to HIV. They are more likely to develop thrush, oral hairy leukoplakia (whitish mouth sores), bacterial pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia. For women, smoking can increase the risk and severity of infection with human papillomavirus, this increases the risk of cervical cancer.

A recent study found that smoking among people with HIV was linked to a higher rate of death. This was true for current smokers and ex-smokers; the greatest increase in the risk of death -- 60% -- was for cardiovascular (heart) disease and some cancers.

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[cphellp]

Im 15 Just tryed one today .. I will never start

[Backatwon]

GOOD LUCK with that struggle as well man .............in my prayers ....stay blessed

[304Musica]

u are a nice calm soul .i wish u the best of health .just keep trying . Health is no joke and if any of us lose Health ,its enough to make us lose the battle of living in this hard world.

[erecttron]

god bless !

[The4everchrist]

A healthier way to smoke tobacco!

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[latinadances100]

great video....thanks 4 postting it,,,mUcH tRuE 2 yOu !!

[pozlove]

The STD conselor on a STD dating site: STDpal com said "The risk of contracting HIV/AIDS hasn’t stopped them from having sex yet. Seems like people will continue to have sex regardless of any STD they may contract. Condoms at least cut that risk down. "

[shayneby]

It's the meds that making you sick. HIV does not cause AIDS. The meds do. They say there are approx 24 million undiagnosed people in the world with the virus, but shockingly this people never fall sick or die from aids. Some made a bogus statement that they will all die from AIDS but listen we will all die at some point.

HIV is a scam. See what the dissidents are saying. some are professors and nobel price winners. Let go. HIV is not suppose to be a friend. We have been lied to people. google

[StormyNoMore]

Congratulations on breaking the first one. You can do it. I've seen it done by someone in your shoes. I will be praying for you. Jesus loves you.

[iserenadeyourmum]

is it normal to have a fever after quitting? i seem to be having one after quitting for 2 days with a nicabate patch :/

[sweetsnackz]

I tried to quit a million times the only thing that ade me quit was getting pregnant. Guess you can't do that huh? lol! Before I got pregnant it wasn't happening no matter how much I tried. good luck once you stop you'll feel the improvement!!!!!!!