The Friday File: 5.9% of college students reported smoking marijuana on a daily or near daily (DND) basis, up from 3.7% in 2007. By contrast, only 5.2% of college students smoke cigarettes DND, compared to 19% in 1999, and 4.3% of students reported DND alcohol consumption, a level that has been flat for decades. Only 35% of college students see marijuana as a health hazard, down from 55% in 2006.