Objective To understand the status and cognitive attitude of smoking and passive smoking of medical students

to provide reference for tobacco control work in Universities.Method Questionnaires were conducted among 324 medical students who were randomly selected from Ganzhou

Jiangxi province.Results Smoking rate of medical student was 15.12%

the smoking rates of male and female students were 26.43%and 6.52%respectively.Comparing the smoking rates of male and female students

the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）;passive smoking rate of medical students was 30.18%;all respondents believed that smoking was harmful to health

76.85% respondents were in favor of forbidding smoking in campus.Conclusion Medical colleges should hold corresponding health educational campaigns according to the present medical students smoking status and the characteristics of tobacco knowledge.At the same time

smoking control should be carried out in society.