Cliff Douglas

About Cliff Douglas

I’ve dedicated my career to eradicating death and disease related to tobacco use by promoting science-based policies and education. I’m proud to lead a global organization that funds innovative research around the world and engages in evidence-informed communications that can help millions of people live healthier and longer lives. Prior to joining Global Action to End Smoking, for a decade I taught a tobacco policy course as an adjunct professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health and directed the University\'s Tobacco Research Network. Most recently, I produced the increasingly popular new online course,\"Tobacco & Nicotine: Public Health, Science, Policy, and Law,\" at I also served as the American Cancer Society\'s Vice President for Tobacco Control and as Tobacco Control Policy Advisor to the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health and the U.S. Surgeon General. Highlights of my early career include leading the successful advocacy campaign to prohibit smoking on commercial flights in the U.S, serving as an attorney in multiple landmark lawsuits against cigarette manufacturers on behalf of state attorneys general and individual smokers, and successfully defending Uruguay when Philip Morris International brought an international trade action to try to block that nation\'s pioneering tobacco control laws. Outside of my work, I enjoy interval fitness and weight training and spinning classes. And, above all, I\'m devoted to quality time with my amazing wife, a professor and psychotherapist, and our two loveable Frenchies, Charlie and Frankie.

Experience

1. President and Chief Executive Officer

   Global Action To End Smoking Ga

   Oct 2023 — Present

Education

• University of Michigan Law School

  J.D.

• University of Michigan

  B.A.