【Abstract】 Objective To develop a questionnaire about tobacco control for the nursing students and provide evidence of research and evaluation for nursing students’ knowledge，attitude

belief and practice related with tobacco control. Methods Based on the conceptual framework of predisposing factors

contributing factors and reinforcing factors of action

develop the questionnaire about tobacco control through literature review and expert consultation. The questionnaire includes 8 dimensions and 24 items in all. Those are the recognition of the harm of smoking

attitudes towards tobacco control

knowledge about laws and regulations of tobacco control and harms of cigarettes

future smoking tendency

future participation intention in social tobacco control

perception of information of tobacco control in media and participation of school tobacco control activities. By cluster sampling method，5210 nursing students in two medical universities in the main district of Chongqing were investigated. Reliability and validity of the questionnaire were tested. 215 students were retested. Results Cronbach

s α for the whole questionnaire was 0.720 and for eight dimensions

it ranged from 0.529 to 0.748. Split-half coefficient was 0.806 and for eight dimensions

it ranged form 0.526 to 0.818. Test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.858. Spearman coefficient for each dimension was greater than 0.7. The principal component analysis was used to extract 8 common factors and the accumulative variance contribution rate was 57.209%. The factor loading of all items was 0.43～0.83. NFI

NNFI

CFI and IFI were 0.92

0.91

0.93 and 0.93. The construct of the questionnaire was consistent with the theory. Conclusion The reliability and validity of questionnaire about tobacco control for nursing students were good. It could be used in researches about the nursing students’ tobacco control.