If you smoke and you have HIV, you’re more likely to get HIV-related infections, including:
- Thrush (a mouth infection, also called oral candidiasis)
- Hairy leukoplakia (white mouth sores)
- Bacterial pneumonia
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (a dangerous lung infection)
Smoking
when you have HIV also makes you more likely to get other serious
illnesses than nonsmokers with HIV. These illnesses can make you too
sick to work (disabled) or even lead to early death.
