The mission of FIRS is to promote respiratory health worldwide. It does this in a complementary way to its own organisations through advocacy and by working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other global organisations representing the respiratory community.
FIRS is concerned with all factors relating to lung health but particularly those affecting the most people globally and ones that can provide the greatest improvement to respiratory health. It endorses the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the functions and activity of the WHO, and many other organisations working to improve lung health.
FIRS’ major activity is global advocacy especially in preventing diseases cause by tobacco products and air pollution. A major goal is to alert the world to the importance of lung health and the global impact of respiratory disease.