Introduction. Smoking is the most common exogenous cause of human’s cancer. It is responsible for 90% of cases of lung cancer. About 1.1 billion people use tobacco wo rldwide. Smoking causes more than 6 million deaths annually, mainly due to cardiovascular disease, various cancers and chronic respiratory diseases. It is expected that by 2030, there will be 10 million deaths a year related to tobacco use. Aim of the stud y. The aim of this survey was to assess whether smoking habits influenced students’ attitudes towards tobacco control. Materials and methods. The population of the cross section consisted of 342 respondents. All participants were 3rd year students, Faculty of Medicine no.1. A self administered and anonymous questionnaire was distributed. The questionnaire and data analysis period was conducted during May 2017. After verifying of the questionnaires, 280 of these were validated (81.87%). Of the total populati on, 73.6% were women and 26.4% were men. The majority of respondents (97.8%) were aged between 20 and 26 years. Results. Smoking students consider that the doctor is a model for his patient only in 64.6%, while non smokers had said the same thing in 80.1% (OR 2.3, CI 95%, p≤0.05). Smoking respondents are likely to accept smoking in public places (OR 4.3, CI 95%, p ≤0.001%), bars, pubs (OR 3.9, CI 95%, p ≤0.001%) or even restaurants (OR 8.3; CI 95%; p <0.001%). Conclusions. Following the analysis of the proc essed data, it was concluded that smoking students tend to neglect the physician's role in abandoning smoking by the patient.