Introduction:

The coronavirus is a pandemic that affects all countries, according to their particular characteristics, their degree of development and the capacity of health systems to respond. Smoking is also another pandemic, and its international consequences led to the promulgation of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, by the World Health Organization, as the first international treaty on public health.

Objective:

Analyze the coexistence of the coronavirus pandemics and smoking in the Cuban context in 2020.

Development:

Through the documentary and bibliographic review and content analysis of the literature on the subject on the Internet, together with the results of other investigations that have been carried out on smoking in Cuba, it was considered that cigarette consumption should show changes; anxiety and stress from the coronavirus. They can produce its increase; income and cross elasticity, meanwhile, lead to less money available for the purchase of cigarettes; Therefore, it is necessary to facilitate the options of cessation and take as an opportunity the interest of the population in matters of prevention and health promotion to increase the perception of risk about the harmfulness of smoking.

Conclusions:

Smoking and coronavirus are pandemics that affect individuals without distinction of sex, age, skin color, socioeconomic status and geographical area. The coronavirus pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to combat and prevent smoking and the strength shown by the Health System also allows it to be faced.

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