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Objective: The study aimed to determine the level of smoking addictionamong students and their willingness and self-efficacy to quit smoking andfactors affecting them.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 301 studentsstudying in a nursing department between October 2016 and December2016. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, FagerströmTest for Nicotine Dependence, and Self-efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale. Inthe analysis, descriptive statistics and the chi square test, Kolmogorov-Smirnovtest, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis were used.Results: Among the students, 18.3% were smokers. Of them, 56.4% weremildly dependent in nicotine, 30.9% were moderately dependent, and 12.7%were severely dependent. Males and smokers for ≥5 years constituted thelarger portion of these severely nicotine-dependent students (p<0.05). Of thestudents, 38.2% wanted to quit smoking. The mean score that the studentsobtained from the Self-efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale was 23.71±5.89. Ofthe students, those whose mothers had primary school or lower educationand those who smoked ≥11 cigarettes per day obtained significantly lowerscores in the Self-Efficacy/Incentive Factors Scale (p<0.05).Conclusion: Approximately half of the students were moderately or severelydependent on nicotine, more than one-third of them wanted to quitsmoking, and their self-efficacy for quitting smoking was moderate. Therefore,to prevent students from smoking, interventions should be plannedthrough cooperation among institutions.