In a current project, Bares examines how disadvantaged neighborhoods interact with genetic risk to use alcohol among African American adolescents in the South. This project shows that genetic risk increases the likelihood of alcohol use through its effect on adolescent conduct problems and aggressive behaviors. This finding was specific to individuals living in neighborhoods characterized by greater alcohol use. In a second project, Bares has worked with a colleague to identify factors that lead to disparities in quitting tobacco use among white and Hispanic individuals. The preliminary results of this work show that white individuals are more successful in their quit attempts and that income, but not acculturation factors, plays an important role in whether Hispanic individuals are successful at quitting tobacco.