Tobacco (lat. Nicotiana) is a plant that belongs to the potato family (lat. Solanaceae), a order of bittersweet (lat. Solanales). It is from Central and South America. Humans first experience with tobacco is around 16,000 BC. Kr. in America, but tobacco soon began to spread throughout Europe. Cigarette consumption (along with alcohol consumption) is one of the most dangerous unhealthy behaviors. During growing up, young people become interested in the most socially accepted and legal drug - tobacco. The aim of this study was to examine the smoking habits of students at the University of the North in Varaždin and to make a correlation between smoking and demographic characteristics, socio-economic status and the enrolled faculty. Namely, the academic period of every young person is extremely challenging, and in this period very important decisions are made and the habits of each person as an individual are formed. This is precisely the period where most individuals form their habits and remain prone to smoking, or decide that smoking is not a good choice after all. For the purposes of the research, a specially structured questionnaire was used, which was distributed in the form of a Google form via the social network "Facebook" to students of the University of the North in Varaždin. The research was conducted in the period from 25.06. to 09.07.2020. years. A total of 101 students participated in the research in all three years of undergraduate study and two years of graduate study. The research showed that there is almost an equal number of smokers compared to the number of non-smokers among students. The main reason for starting smoking is that smoking helps students in stressful situations. Students find passive smoking as dangerus as active smoking. Also, students find that consuming tobacco products has an impact on body weight. According to the obtained results, there are differences in the assessment of smokers and non-smokers in relation to the enrolled study. Namely, from the research it can be concluded that this difference stems from the differences in the results in the study of Nursing and Physiotherapy. Comparing the study of Nursing and Physiotherapy with other studies, it was shown that there is no significant difference in the assessment of smokers and non-smokers compared to the subjects of medical and other studies. Likewise, research shows that there are differences between students from different years of study and the frequency of taking breaks.