Tobacco use rose steadily on US campuses through the 1990s. At current rates, an estimated 1 out of 9 of today’s college students will die of tobacco-related illness. Get the facts about who is most at risk, the costs to colleges, how the tobacco industry markets to college students, and why college campuses are the new front line in tobacco prevention.

• College Tobacco Use: A Cause for Alarm
• The Negative Effects of Tobacco Use
• Tobacco Marketing to College-Aged Youth
• Smoking: The Price Colleges Pay
• High-Risk Populations
• Cessation Programs on College Campuses
• Beyond Health: Potential Implications of Failure to Address College Tobacco Issues
   
• References for Fact Sheets

“At the beginning of the new millennium there are many
powerful reasons why tobacco use reduction is
increasingly important at the college level.”

- Linda Hancock, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Office of Health Promotion.
“A Tobacco Use Reduction Guide for Colleges,” 2003