Tobacco Control
Smoking tobacco continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. with over 40 million Americans smoking tobacco products. Each day 3,200 youth try smoking and 2,100 youth and young adults transition from occasional users to daily users. The global impact of tobacco addiction is equally staggering. Combustible tobacco use is a leading cause of respiratory disease. The ATS is committed to reducing the death and disease caused by tobacco use. The ATS supports international, federal, state, and local policy that reduces tobacco consumption. Additionally, the ATS is responding to the evolving array of tobacco products, like e-cigarettes, being offered by the tobacco industry to lure the next generation into tobacco dependency.
- Letter urging the approval of the full authorized level of tobacco user fees and oppose any efforts to weaken or alter FDA’s authority over tobacco products
- 6/6/23 Annals of ATS Perspectives Article: Drs Brown Galiatsatos and Neptune: Banning Menthol Cigarette Manufacture and Sale in the United States Countering Tobacco Industry-driven Misperceptions
- 04/21/23 CA Thoracic Society Letter to California Dept of Health re: menthol "cooling" cigarette products
- August 2020 ATS Interview with FDA Center for Tobacco Products Director
- Action Alert on Tobacco 21 Legislation
- 2018 ATS Tobacco Advocacy
- New Study Call for Action on Tobacco Control to Protect Youth
- New: Corrective Statements from the Tobacco Industry
- ATS Comments and Testimony
- ATS Comments on Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combustible Cigarettes
- ATS Comments on Regulation of Premium Cigars
- ATS Comments on Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products
- ATS Opposes Provision to Weaken FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
- ATS Opposes Cuts in CDC Tobacco Control Program
- ATS Joins Letter Taking President Obama to Task for Delays in FDA Tobacco Deeming Rule
- ATS Supports HUD Smoke-Free Proposal
- ATS Joins Letter to USPSTF on Tobacco Cessation Guidance
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Take Action E-Cig Liquid Nicotine
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Tobacco Riders
- ATS Comments on USPSTF Recommendations on Cessation
- ATS Urges HUD to Adopt Smoke Free Public Housing Policy
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cigar Bill
- ATS Signs Letter on Tobacco Pre-Market Review Requirement
- Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) Official Statement on E-cigarettes
- Tobacco Control Around the World
- LTE: Support ATS efforts
