Answer to Question 1
Answer: Diseases include coronary heart disease, stroke, and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Research has shown that smoking severely increases the risk for these problems.
Answer to Question 2
Answer: The American Cancer Society recommends you lobby for policy change in many areas. Any of the following prohibitions can be given as examples.
Prohibit smoking within all buildings, including residence halls and fraternities and sororities, and at all indoor and outdoor campus events.
Prohibit the sale and the free distribution of tobacco products on campus.
Prohibit tobacco advertisements in college-run publications.
Provide free, accessible tobacco treatment on campus, and advertise it.
Prohibit campus organizations from accepting money from tobacco companies.
Prohibit the university from holding stock in or accepting donations from the tobacco industry.
