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Dr Ruth Malone
Tobacco Control
Editor-in-Chief of Tobacco Control
Expertise: tobacco control policy, industry activity, tobacco product regulation, target marketing of tobacco products
Dr Ruth Malone, Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, is internationally known for her research on the tobacco industry. She has published studies examining the tobacco industry’s targeting of marginalized groups through both product advertising and corporate activities. Currently, she is studying the tobacco industry’s ‘corporate social responsibility’ initiatives and their implications for public health policy. She has served as an expert consultant to the CDC, the US Department of Justice, and the World Health Organization.