Before you travel off to party away your spring break, take a look at some facts about college students.
* 29 percent of college students are current cigarette smokers.
* 35 percent reported episodic heavy drinking during the 30 days preceding the survey.
* 27 percent drank alcohol and drove during the prior 30 days.
* 20 percent of female college students had been forced to have sexual intercourse during her lifetime.
* Only 30 percent of the students who had had sexual intercourse during the three months preceding the survey had used a condom.
* 37 percent had engaged in vigorous physical activity, 19 percent had engaged in moderate physical activity, while 74 percent failed to eat recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.
Gathered from American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education at www.acte.org
“More than two out of every five college students are binge drinkers, with excessive drinking accounting for a staggering 1,400 deaths, 70,000 sexual assaults and 600,000 assaults on campuses every year.”
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Posted to the Web by: Mark Garlit
