Smoking and HIV: what are the risks and what harm reduction strategies do we have at our disposal?.  Giles, M.L., Gartner, C. & Boyd, M.A.  AIDS Res Ther 15, 26 (2018). doi.org/10.1186/s12981-018-0213-z https://link.springer.co…

Tobacco Harm Reduction Should Be Part of HIV Care Globally, around 41 million people are living with HIV. And just about everywhere, smoking rates for this population are far higher—anywhere up to four times higher—than national averages. (Filter…

Barriers and facilitators of ongoing engagement in substance use treatment programmes among people with HIV in South Africa: A qualitative analysis.  Pillay T, Du Toit S, Sforza C, Hines A, Rose A, Magidson J, Joska J.  South Afr J HIV M…

Interactions between long-acting antiretrovirals and opioids: a call for clinical awareness.  Carbajal C, Owens F, Veeragoni D, Rodriguez M, Fernandez-Lima F, Nefzi A, Buch S, El-Hage N.  Clin Microbiol Rev. 2026 Mar 12:e0039525. doi: 10…

Analysis of potential barriers for PrEP non-users among PrEP-eligible MSM in Germany.  Waldorf H, Marcus U, Iannuzzi S, Albrecht S, Hoebel J, Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B, Bremer V, von Kleist M, Koppe U.  BMC Public Health. 2026 Mar 27;26(1…

What is the impact of smoking on people living with HIV and how could tobacco harm reduction help? The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there were 40.8 million people living with HIV at the end of 2024, of which 1.4 million were aged 14 an…