DRAG: the epidemic of college smoking

DRAG is a stylistic documentary about what might be the least known public health problem in the country, college smoking. While every year fewer people start and more people quit, smoking runs rampant on college campuses. What is causing this epidemic and what does it mean for the future? Find out as we hear what the experts have to say and listen to the students fire back.

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• smoking
• cigarettes
• college
• documentary
• students
• university
• public
• health
• cancer
• lung
• smoke
• fire
• cigs
• Marlboro
• Camel

[naivurtiv]

I smoke because the bible tells me to do so... and also because it's cool.

[galanopouloc]

I thought I was never going to smoke but then came the crappy professor, college tuition, 2 jobs, being away from home, burning the midnight oil to just pass a class, even crappier professors, that girl one tries to impress, even more crappier professors, the police being 3 miles up your ass for illegal drugs, your parents, and even more midnight studying.

In the end I am wondering how come more people have not picked up smoking????

[c00pst3r13]

I hate all this crap people give to smokers, LEAVE US BE, MAYBE WE LIKE SMOKING, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TREAT US LIKE FUCKING OUTCASTS

[shredderman4]

im a joker.. im a smoker.. im a midnight toker

[logik316]

@naivurtiv

Smoking hasn't been considered cool since the 70's (it's actual heyday of social acceptability being way back in the 50's). And in the Bible, people only smoked when they were on fire.

[renman103]

@sososayma unless people are living in caves the info on ciggies and what they do to u are pretty common knowledge by now ,regardless of ur education level,i mean grade school kids can tell u the dangers of smoking,so how is it that these "young adults " ,who some ,in this clip,only started smoking since they entered college ,i think the real addiction is more mental than physical (i foud this to be in my own case anyways)BTW i meant this as a regular post ,didnt mean to single u out ,sorry

[renman103]

@mikestonetkd its funny how contradictary that stat is ,because some, or most of the people in this clip are pursuing a "higher education" being in college ,& yet they are still smoking,while some of them didnt start smoking till college, so much for higher equaling less smokers

[itsjustme2919]

They smoke because-especially if they are going away to college-they need human interaction and they are desperate. Im alone-until I smoke and then suddenly everyone is interested in me. I have friends people go oh hes not so bad. Thankfully I quit and for good. BUT-I am a lot lonelier. I dont drink and never really have. So you want friends? Pick your poison-cigs or alcohol. Sadly I have learned, people dont care about your personality and people aren't interested in who YOU are.

[wesker789]

ah, but people also tend to make less if they have a lower education level.

[blindvoyager]

I think its odd that in this documentary the site "Social smoking" and smoking a couple cigerettes a week as a large percentage of the 40% of college students that smoke, but they don't follow that up. I would like to here more about the ill effects of occassional smoking, and I wonder if those smokers are more likely to quit after college.

[IMN69]

Wow, talk about a selective sample. I'd like to know how many respondants to the initial survey for the interviews said "I consider myself a smoker" and "I smoke alone"...