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Potential article topics:

1). social epidemiology - expand to talk about the social determinants of health

2). sleep epidemiology - expand connection between amount of sleep and health effects associated with various diseases

3) college health - expand to include sleeping disorders and stress factors that relate to health of college students

Sources for college health:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075951/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/education/27colleges.html

http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/06.10.PR0.113x27z2

Lead edit:

Cigarette smoking among college students

The prevalence of cigarette smoking by college students increased through the 1990’s, but has since leveled off and seen decreases in recent years. Education on the dangers of cigarettes is seen as a leading cause for this decrease. This activity is being seen as less socially acceptable than in was in the past.

The majority of lifelong smokers begin smoking habits before the age of 24, which makes the college years a crucial time in the study of cigarette consumption. Cigarette smoking in college is seen as a social activity and more than half of the students that are users do not consider themselves smokers.

Cigarette smoking on college campuses has become an important public health issue and there has been increase in campus wide smoking bans and other preventative programs to reduce the rates of students smoking. The effects of these bans are now starting to be discovered and there is controversy that goes along with implementing them across various schools in the United States. Great start, Marcus! If I'd be tempted to flip the two top paragraphs to start with why the focus on college students (to better orient the reader to why this is a notable topic). I'm going to send you an email with some basic copy edits/questions as well. Gingerninjagirl (talk) 18:53, 23 March 2016 (UTC)