Founded in 1955, Cerritos College is one of the top community colleges in Los Angeles County offering comprehensive, high-quality, affordable education and career training. We are one of the five largest community colleges in Los Angeles County. We sit on 135 acres located in the City of Norwalk, near the intersection of Interstates 5, 605, and 105, and State Route 91. This makes the campus geographically convenient for students coming from Southeastern Los Angeles County and North Orange County. The District serves the cities of Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, La Mirada, Long Beach, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, and South Gate. An average of 22,000 students attend annually, and participate in over 180 areas of study and 87 degree and certificate programs.
https://www.cerritos.edu/about/default.htm

In June 2021, the California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) and Campuses Organized & United for Good Health (COUGH) released the California Public College & University Smoke/Tobacco-Free Policy Report Card with Cerritos College receiving an "A+" grade for their fresh air policy.
https://catobaccofreecolleges.org/report-card

Cerritos Community College District's policy prohibits smoking, including the use of cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, snuff, snus, water pipes, pipes, hookahs, chew, electronic cigarettes, vaporized liquids, or other emission-producing products or devices.
https://www.cerritos.edu/board/_includes/docs/AP/AP_3570.pdf

The Falcon Fresh Air Peer Advocates (FFAPAs) is a group of students at Cerritos College that began advocating for a fresh air campus policy in 2018.
https://www.compadreslac.org/ffapa

Friday Night Live (FNL) addresses factors that cause students to become disengaged at school and helps create and maintain a positive school climate. Friday Night Live also assists schools in identifying problems and encourages alternatives to prevent alcohol and drug use.
https://www.lacoe.edu/Student-Services/Friday-Night-Live-AB-1729