Tobacco Dependence

Dr. Michelle Eakin is a health psychologist and an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on community based interventions to reduce tobacco exposure. She has been the PI and co-investigator on multiple NIH funded studies to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioural interventions to promote health behaviour change and reduce health disparities. She is the past chair of the Tobacco Action Committee for the American Thoracic Society.Dr. Kathuria is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician at Boston Medical Center and an Associate Professor at Boston University Medical School. She directs the Tobacco Treatment Center at Boston Medical Center. Her current research, advocacy, and clinical efforts are focused on clinical care and policy surrounding tobacco dependence in underserved populations. She serves as chair of the ATS Tobacco Action Committee and co-chair of the ATS Tobacco Task Force. She is the Section Editor to UpToDate,Tobacco Treatment.

• Current Patterns of Tobacco Use and Health Disparities.- Adverse Effects of Tobacco Products (Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Hookah, Smokeless tobacco) Use on Health.- Neurobiology and Mechanisms of Nicotine Addiction.- Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Tobacco Dependence.- Non-Pharmacologic Approaches to Tobacco Cessation.- Tobacco Dependence and Marginalized Populations – Key Considerations for Health Care Providers.- Treating Nicotine Dependence in the Pediatric Setting: Adolescents and Caregivers Who Smoke.- Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in the Inpatient Setting.- Integration of Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Lung Cancer Screening and Other Ambulatory Care Settings.- Bringing treatment to the patients: Community-based tobacco-dependence treatment and interventions.- E-Cigarette: Friend or Foe?.- Role of menthol and other flavors on tobacco and nicotine product use.- Promoting training and education in tobacco dependence treatment.- Increasing Access to Treatment for Nicotine Dependence.- Tobacco control policies to reduce tobacco use.

“Tobacco dependence: a comprehensive guide to prevention and treatment provides an extensive, evidence-based journey through the complex realm of tobacco and nicotine dependence, including the alarming rise of electronic cigarette use. This knowledge equips healthcare professionals at all levels of care with the tools needed to provide personalised guidance to tobacco and nicotine addicts, whether in routine clinical practice or in facilitating effective strategies for smoking cessation.”(Ana Luisa Amaral, Patrícia Alves da Costa Andrade, Bashir Abdulgader Lwaleed and Sérgio Araújo Andrade, Evidence-Based Dentistry, Vol. 24 (4), 2023)​