Sentence examples for positive smokers from inspiring English sources

64 Ferketich et al 65 reported similar findings in the largest study to date on the safety profile and effectiveness of varenicline among HIV+ positive smokers.

35 Secondly, HIV and smoking might have a synergistic impact, such that HIV positive smokers die more rapidly than if they were only affected by either HIV or smoking alone.

Figure 2 displays ratings across the four pack conditions on the positive pack (A), positive smoker (B), negative smoker (C), positive taste (D) and negative harm (E) response scales.

A single overall "positive smoker image index" was also created by calculating the mean of these five index scores (range = 0 to 10).

Plain pack images were rated consistently lower than branded images on measures of positive pack, positive smoker and positive taste appeal for the Winfield condition, but no differences were detected for the B&H condition.

Scale reliability assessments revealed that the outcome measures had a moderate-to-strong internal consistency: positive pack characteristics (α=0.83); positive smoker characteristics (α=0.71); positive taste (α=0.84), and negative harm characteristics (α=0.65).

Linear regression models were used to examine the effect of the experimental conditions on each of the four brand attribute and six smoker image index variables, including the overall "positive smoker image index".

Branded packs were also associated with a greater number of positive smoker attributes including style and sophistication, and were perceived as more likely to be smoked by females than the plain packs.

Positive smoker characteristic ratings were significantly different across the four pack conditions (p=0.003); branded packaging images were rated more positively than plain packaging images within the Winfield condition (p=0.001), but not the B&H brand name condition (p=0.197; see table 3).

In contrast, there was a significant additive interaction between SE positivity and ever smoking in the VARA registry, accounting for more than 50% of the overall risk of ACPA positivity in SE-positive smokers (AP, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.31 to 0.85; P < 0.001); there was also a nonsignificant trend to suggest multiplicative interaction (P = 0.054).

His results were shocking: HIV-positive smokers are six to 13 times more likely to die from lung cancer than from traditional AIDS-related causes.