Dr. Ravara has been working as a tobacco treatment expert in hospital-based and workplace cessation programs. She has joined several European and national scientific societies and networks, including the Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the Portuguese Respiratory Society, and the International Network of Women Against Tobacco-Europe (INWAT-Europe). She has been Chair of the Tobacco control Committee of the Portuguese Respiratory Society, expert member of the ERS Tobacco Control Committee (2012-2017), and Chair of the Tobacco, Smoking Control and Health Education (2017-2020). She has co-authored several peer-review scientific papers in international journals and co-edited the ERS monograph “Supporting Tobacco Cessation”.