About TReND

The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) was created in recognition of the need to progress scientific evidence toward reducing tobacco-related health disparities. 

Despite impressive scientific progress in documenting tobacco-related health disparities by income, education, race/ethnicity, and other social determinants, many questions remain about the underlying causes of tobacco use, differential clustering within and across population groups, and the mediating mechanisms and processes that account for the linkages that exist between the causes of tobacco-related disease and the social determinants that produce disparities in disease outcomes. These gaps in knowledge led the National Cancer Institute and the American Legacy Foundation to create TReND, which is a network that includes researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines.Read More

Tobacco Use High Among Women & Girls of Low Socioeconomic Status

Researchers are beginning to address the “constellation of disadvantage” that low socioeconomic status (SES) women and girls face throughout their lives, and recommend research and policy-level solutions to address the complex reasons that this population continues to smoke.

Learn more about this area of research, and get action steps and resources that you and your organization can use to address tobacco-related disparities among low SES women and girls. 
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Spotlight on Researchers

"Recent evidence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates rising consumption of little cigars.  In fact, consumption more than doubled between 1998 and 2006."

Donna Vallone, PhD
American Legacy Foundation