The aims of this study are to reveal the prevalence of smoking habit amongst the residents in the Granada province and to study some components of the general attitude towards the tobacco habit. The study was a cross-sectional design which is the result of a survey based on a sample of 1537 subjects (all of them being 16 years or over and residents in this province). The participants were chosen by stratified sampling which was realized in two stages: the units of the first stage were censual sections and the second ones were usual family houses. The percentage of smokers was 51.8% male and 17.5% female. The ex-smokers' prevalence was 11.1% (19.0% and men and 3.4% women). 32.5% smokers and 75.0% ex-smokers identified tobacco as a health problem. 45% of smokers had attempted to drop tobacco one or more times. The most frequent motive being the diagnosis of disease or the smoking-related symptoms. This study has revealed the high prevalence of the smoking habit in the province of Granada.