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The article presents a study which investigates the relationships between working conditions, job satisfaction and smoking behaviors among clerks and manual workers in the U.S. The researchers used data from the French Health Barometer which is a cross-sectional telephone survey conducted among a national random sample. It was concluded that poor working conditions have the potential to contribute health inequalities since they are likely to fuel stress and unhealthy behaviors which combine to increase in morbidity and mortality.

A letter to the editor is presented about a study that assesses the relationship between self-reported high adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and viral load level among migrants and nonmigrants in a sample of HIV-infected patients in France.

The article reports on the proposal to study the influences of lifestyle characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQL) on unsafe sex with casual partners in a representative sample of HIV-infected gay men in France. It was concluded that risky sexual behavior with casual partners is frequent among HIV-infected gay men. The behavior of this kind is related to poor mental HRQL.