Students at first-day orientation at the local community college are discussing alcohol and drug abuse with their freshmen advisor. During a break, some students go outside for soft drinks and snacks
Soon after, the advisor walks by and notices several of these students smoking cigarettes. Based on this, which of the following topics of the drug and alcohol orientation would be most important for the advisor to reemphasize after the break?
a. A discussion of which drugs are commonly used on campus
b. How students can learn to "just say no" when offered drugs or drinks
c. How to recognize and overcome peer pressure to continue bad habits
d. The fact that tobacco smoking causes more deaths than any other behavior in the
United States
ANS: D
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