Brian King, PhD, MPH

Brian King, PhD, MPH, was appointed in May 2025 as Executive Vice President for U.S. Programs at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the leading advocacy organization working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in the United States and around the world. Previously, Dr. King was Director of the Center for Tobacco Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. King has worked for over two decades to provide sound scientific evidence to inform tobacco control policy and to effectively communicate this information to key stakeholders, including decision makers, the media and the general public. Prior to joining FDA, he served as the Deputy Director for Research Translation in CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health and as executive editor of CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Series. He has authored or co-authored over 225 peer-reviewed scientific articles related to tobacco prevention and control, served as senior associate editor for multiple U.S. Surgeon General’s Reports on tobacco, and was lead author of CDC’s 2014 evidence-based guide, “Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs.” 

Dr. King holds a PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.