Ruth Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dr. Malone is internationally known for her research on the tobacco industry, focused broadly on the strategic activities of U.S.-based and global tobacco companies aimed at undermining public health and tobacco control policy. She has also published studies examining the tobacco industry’s targeting of marginalized groups through both product advertising and corporate activities. Currently, she is studying the idea of an endgame for the tobacco epidemic and how it could be achieved in this century. Her research was funded by the NIH (National Cancer Institute) and the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. She has served as an expert consultant to the CDC, the US Department of Justice, and the World Health Organization. She served as editor-in-chief of the leading tobacco control policy journal, Tobacco Control, published by the British Medical Association. from 2009-2023.