Cigarette smoking is a serious worldwide health problem. Tobacco control is not only an important international health issue, it is also a focus in nursing professional practice. From the aspect of preventive medicine, prevention of smoking habit is the major task of avoiding the hazard of tobacco. In this article, we discussed the issue of tobacco control from environmental aspect and used the ecological systems theory to demonstrate the environmental factors that were associated with the tobacco problems. Furthermore, we provided useful suggestions of tobacco control that were applicable in clinical nursing practice.