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Keep this study
Lead
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
With
Gay Men's Health Crisis
The City College of New York
AIDS Center of Queens County
Bronx AIDS Services
North Jersey Community Research Initiative
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age 18 years or older as per self-report;
English speaking;
New York or New Jersey State resident;
HIV-positive serostatus direct referral from a CAB agency staff member, which verifies that the person is an HIV+ client, or by as verified by presentation of medical evidence (i.e.,confirmatory test result, ARV prescription, M11Q form, or lab results);
Self-report of smoking \> or = to 20 cigarettes (\> or = to one pack) within the prior 7 days;
To confirm smoking status, the carbon monoxide alveolar breath test must be \> or = to 10 ppm;
To confirm cognitive functioning, score on the in-person BLESSED Exam must be \< or = to 10;
Low income, defined by either: 1) Proof of Medicaid insurance, or 2) Self-report of income at 50% or below median income for New York State for New York State residents, or if a New Jersey resident, at or below 50% median income for New Jersey
You may not be if
Presence of current severe psychopathology that would limit study participation (e.g., unstable schizophrenia, bipolar disorder recent changes to medication noncompliance);
Currently receiving smoking cessation treatment elsewhere.
