| Chair | Michelle Eakin, PhD | Baltimore, MD |
| Vice Chair | Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, ATSF | Boston, MA |
| Committee Member | Anne C. Melzer, MD, MS | Minneapolis, MN |
| Committee Member | Dona J. Upson, MD, MA, ATSF | Albuquerque, NM |
| Committee Member | Elif Dagli, MD | Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Committee Member | Farzad Moazed, MD | OAKLAND, CA |
| Committee Member | Frank T. Leone, MD, MS, ATSF | Philadelphia, PA |
| Committee Member | Ilona Jaspers, PhD | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Committee Member | Jamie L. Garfield, MD | Philadelphia, PA |
| Committee Member | Krishna P. Reddy, MD, MS | Boston, MA |
| Committee Member | Sarah E. Bauer, MD | INDIANAPOLIS, IN |
| Committee Member | Sucharita R. Kher, MD | Boston, MA |
| Committee Member | Theo J. Moraes, MD, PhD, BSc | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Staff | Gary Ewart | Washington, DC |
| Staff | Bridget Burns | New York, NY |
The Tobacco Action Committee is charged with organizing and coordinating the ATS tobacco and marijuana control and tobacco dependence treatment activities. These activities will include research, clinical, educational, advocacy and policy activities with the ultimate goal of minimizing the impact of tobacco on morbidity and mortality worldwide. The committee will strive to enhance the ability of the ATS to participate more fully in the investigation of the root causes of tobacco use; treatment of nicotine dependence; and advocacy efforts to eliminate its use. The Committee will communicate and collaborate with similar committees or bodies in other organizations such as the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, the Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT), Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, and the European Respiratory Society Tobacco Action and Control Committees.
Benchmarks, 2020-2021:
• Develop ATS project to address research gaps in adolescent nicotine dependence
• Collaborate with ATS Government Relations and others with interest in tobacco control to develop evidence-based tobacco control policy recommendations;
• Collaborate with other relevant ATS committees and assemblies to develop products, projects, and/or proposals that address tobacco dependence, tobacco policy, and/or health impacts of tobacco and nicotine;
• Collaborate across ATS website/social media to update materials and develop webinars related to tobacco and cannabis
• Engage other professional societies in the US and internationally to explore areas of overlapping tobacco control advocacy potential;
• Engage members to develop a coordinated task force to inform tobacco control efforts within ATS.
