Tobacco Assessment and Intervention With Low-Income Persons Living With HIV-AIDS (PLWHA) in Community-Based AIDS Service Organizations

Inclusion Criteria

• •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