Ruth Malone

Ruth E. Malone is an American tobacco control researcher. She is professor in, and chair of, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. She has been the editor-in-chief of Tobacco Control since 2009.[1]

Education

Malone received her A.S. degree from Southern Oregon College in 1977, and her B.S.N, M.S., and Ph.D. in nursing from the University of California, San Francisco in 1989, 1991, and 1995, respectively.[2]

Research

Malone is known for researching the activities of the tobacco industry with respect to public health, as well as the social construction of tobacco use.[1] Specific tobacco-related subjects she has researched include the presence of smoking in video games in the absence of warnings,[3] and the industry's efforts to fight attempts by Congress and military officials to raise the price of tobacco products for the military to that for civilians.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ruth Malone, PhD RN". Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ruth Malone Biography". UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Reuters (25 September 2015). "Video games with smoking characters lack tobacco warnings". Fox News. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Mechanic, Michael (22 May 2014). "Is the World's Most Powerful Military Defenseless Against Big Tobacco?". Mother Jones. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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