Introduction:

The World Health Organization has emphasized on the value of legal support for tobacco control and the need to develop actions directed to the prevention of smoking habit.

Objective:

To characterize the legal framework that supports the control of smoking habit in Cuba.

Methods:

The research was exploratory and cross-sectional. It was defined as the analysis unit the Cuban legal regulations for tobacco control. There were taken into account nine categories of analysis. There were implemented as methods and techniques the analysis of content and the interview to experts.

Results:

The regulations for tobacco control are scattered in different legal instruments and outdated in relation to the international context.

Conclusions:

The Cuban legal regulations that regulate smoking habit lack of the necessary hierarchy, comprehensiveness, efficiency, effectiveness, and coercive severity to discourage tobacco consumption.

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