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People with HIV tend to use tobacco at more than twice the rate of the general population, and smoking is among the leading causes of illness and death among people with HIV. Additional data from the National Center for HIV/AIDS and STIs of Laos indicate that 61% to 80% of men with HIV in that country smoke cigarettes.

In 2022, researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences  and the University of North Texas Health Science Center published findings from a pilot trial of a mobile application to help reduce drinking among adults experiencing homelessness. Now, with funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the team will deploy a field test of the app’s efficacy with 600 participants in Oklahoma City and Dallas/Ft. Worth.

While the overall rate of cigarette smoking has decreased in the United States, the use of menthol cigarettes has risen among young adult smokers. A University of Oklahoma researcher published a study today showing that the addition of menthol flavoring to cigarettes makes them more appealing than non-menthol cigarettes, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and the LGBTQ population, who have high rates of menthol cigarette use.