Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Smoking Cessation and the Natural History of HIV-Associated Emphysema
Brief Summary: People that are infected with HIV appear to be especially susceptible to the adverse effects of cigarette smoking. The purpose of this study is to determine if quitting smoking by using a specialized smoking cessation treatment can prevent one from developing accelerated lung damage, particularly emphysema.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* smokers (at least 10 cigarettes/ day for the past year)
* willing to attempt quit smoking by using the National Health Service smoking cessation services or via e-cigarette use.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-ambulant people and people with a recent (e.g. within 6 months) cardiovascular disease event (e.g. stroke, myocardial infarction) or cardiac surgery,
* people with insulin-controlled diabetes mellitus or with coexisting skin conditions, leg ulcers, vasculitis or deep venous occlusion (as these may affect their cardiovascular function),
* pregnant women,
* people who require major surgery (which will prevent them of taking part in the study)
* people who following referral to the smoking cessation services, are advised that Nicotine Replacement Therapy is not appropriate for them,
* people who are currently using e-cigarettes on a daily basis, or currently undertaking an attempt within a smoking cessation service,
* people who are judged to be unable or are unwilling to give informed consent.

The study team will assess prospective participants and will not include in the study those who appear too frail or have health problems (e.g. dementia, Alzheimer's etc.) that might prevent them of giving a conscious, informed consent.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 years of age and older;
2. diagnosis of HIV;
3. self-reported smoking on a daily basis;
4. provide informed written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. persons with active psychosis or impaired mental status as judged by the clinic staff and confirmed with a Mini-Mental Status Exam)
2. unable to understand spoken English
3. age less than 18 years.
4. pregnant women
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* smoking an average of at least 10 manufactured combustible cigarettes per day for at least 12 months prior to Screening
* tested positive for urine cotinine (≥ 200 ng/mL) at Screening
* exhaled carbon monoxide \> 10 ppm (parts per million) at Screening

Exclusion Criteria:

* relevant illness history
* relevant medication use
* body mass index (BMI) \> 40 kg/m2 or \< 18 kg/m2 at Screening
* allergy to propylene glycol or glycerin
* use of nicotine-containing products other than manufactured combustible cigarettes within 14 days prior to Check-in
* use of any prescription smoking cessation treatments within 3 months prior to Check-in
* smokers who draw smoke from the cigarette into the mouth and throat but do not inhale
* planning to quit smoking during the study
* female subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or intend to become pregnant
D: Inclusion Criteria:

Asthmatic symptoms during the last year and at least one criterion of the below:

1. current FEV1-increase of minimum 12% after b2-agonist,
2. positiv Methacholintest,
3. Day-to-day FEV1-variation of at least 20% during a two-week period.
4. Positive mannitol test.

Furthermore, all of the below inclusion criteria:

* At least 10 packyears
* At least 10 cigarettes per day within the last year
* Age 18-40 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Asthmatics who have been treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), systemic corticosteroids, leukotrien-antagonists (LTA), long-lasting b2-agonists, anticholinergic medicine or varenicline within the last 3 months
2. Lower respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, within the last 6 weeks.
3. Patients suffering from other chronic respiratory disease than asthma, such as sarcoidosis and COPD will also be excluded.
4. Pregnant and nursing women will be excluded as well as women planning pregnancy during the study period.
5. A history of allergy towards study drugs will lead to exclusion.

Patients who during the study period develop lower respiratory infections or due to severe uncontrolled asthma receive treatment with any of the above listed types of medicine will be excluded. Patients who are diagnosed with other chronic respiratory disease than asthma during the study period will also be excluded, as well as patients who during the study period require more asthma medicine than the planned study medication.

Any participant who wishes to leave the study, for any reason, including unacceptable side-effects, during the study period will be excluded, as well as anyone who wants to withdraw their recorded data from the project after the study period has ended.

In case of unacceptable side-effects to varenicline resulting in immediate cessation of treatment with this drug, the participant will continue visits unchanged, but he/she will be excluded from the calculations of tobacco cessation succes-rate. However, varenicline cessation up to 4 weeks after treatment start with varenicline will result in exclusion and replacement of the participant.

Cessation of treatment with budesonide will result in exclusion from the rest the study. The person will not be replaced. The data recorded from the participant until the last visit before cessation will be used.

Allergic reactions towards study drugs will result in immediate cessation of the drug, and possible exclusion, as described in the above.

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Answer: B