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                Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
              
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Purpose

The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) advises the FDA commissioner or designee in discharging responsibilities as they relate to the regulation of tobacco products.

The committee reviews and evaluates safety, dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provides appropriate advice, information and recommendations to the commissioner.

Specifically, the committee will submit reports or recommendations on tobacco-related topics, including:

The impact of the use of menthol in cigarettes on the public health, including such use among children, African Americans, Hispanics and other racial and ethnic minorities
	The nature and impact of the use of dissolvable tobacco products on the public health, including such use on children
	The effects of the alteration of nicotine yields from tobacco products and whether there is a threshold level below which nicotine yields do not produce dependence on the tobacco product involved
	Any application submitted by a manufacturer for a modified risk tobacco productThe committee may provide recommendations to the commissioner regarding any regulations to be promulgated under the act and may review any applications for new tobacco products or petitions for exemption under Section 906(e) of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The committee may consider and provide recommendations on any other matter as provided in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Committee Membership

FDA seeks to include the views of women and men, members of all racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with and without disabilities on its advisory committees and, therefore encourages nominations of appropriately qualified candidates from these groups. A nominee may either be self-nominated or nominated by any interested person or organization.

The committee shall consist of 12 members including the chair. Members and the chair are selected by the commissioner or designee from among individuals knowledgeable in the fields of medicine, medical ethics, science, or technology involving the manufacture, evaluation, or use of tobacco products. Members will be invited to serve for overlapping terms of up to four years. Almost all non-federal members of this committee serve as special government employees. The committee shall include nine technically qualified voting members, selected by the commissioner or designee. The nine voting members shall be physicians, dentists, scientists, or health care professionals practicing in the area of oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, toxicology, pharmacology, addiction, or any other relevant specialty. One member shall be an officer or employee of a state or local government or of the federal government. The final voting member shall be a representative of the general public. In addition to the voting members, the committee shall include three non-voting members who are identified with industry interests. These members shall include one representative of the tobacco manufacturing industry, one representative of the interests of tobacco growers, and one representative of the interests of the small business tobacco manufacturing industry. This final position can be filled on a rotating, sequential basis by representatives of different small business tobacco manufacturers based on areas of expertise relevant to the topics being considered by the committee.

Contact Person

CAPT Serina A. Hunter-Thomas, M.S.A., R.N.
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Tobacco Products
Document Control Center
Building 71, Room G335
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Phone: 1-877-CTP-1373

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                                                                                  Content current as of:
      10/16/2023Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
              
          
                        2023 TPSAC Meeting Materials and Information
          2020 TPSAC Meeting Materials and Information
          Charter of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
          Past Meeting Materials: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
          Roster of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
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