Objective To have knowledge about the awareness of tobacco control among college students and its influencing factors so as to provide a basis for conducting education on tobacco control in institutions of higher education.Method A survey of 806college students was conducted by random cluster sampling and the result was statistically analyzed.Results Population mean of smoking attitude in college students was（1.80±0.72）

which was lower than that of the theoretical median 2.5;population mean of autonomous awareness of tobacco control was（1.30±0.46）and that of heteronomous awareness of tobacco control was（1.38±0.49）

which were both lower than that of the theoretical median 1.5.Differences in smoking attitude among college students with different sex

academic background and subject were statistically significant（p<0.01）;differences in autonomous awareness and heteronomous awareness of tobacco control among students with different subject and ethnic group were statistically significant（p<0.01）.Smoking status among individuals was negatively correlated with all factors of tobacco control awareness（p<0.01）

and smoking status of parents was positively correlated with smoking attitude of college students（r=0.155

p<0.05）.Students who were taught on harmfulness of smoking by parents accounted for 73.9% and who were taught on harmfulness of smoking at school only accounted for 24.8%.Education on harmfulness of smoking by parents had remarkably negative correlations with smoking attitude（r=-0.103

p<0.01）and had remarkably positive correlations with autonomous tobacco control（r=0.098

p<0.01）.Conclusion Awareness of tobacco control among college students is above the medium level

which is varied by sex

academic background

subject and ethnic group.Smoking status of parents and education on harmfulness of smoking are closely related with tobacco control awareness among college students

while education on tobacco control carried out for students at school is insufficient.To improve awareness of tobacco control among college students

health education on tobacco control for students in institutions of higher education shall be combined with family education.