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The smoking prevalence has been increased in developing countries in last few decades. Nearly 80% of more than 1 billion smokers worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death. This paper explores actual prevalence of cigarette smoking amongst men of Nagpur, Maharashtra. It is population based cross-sectional survey carried out in the people ages 15-65 years by using structured questionnaire. In total, 423 individuals have been selected for this study however, actual men participated in were 398. The ethnic breakdown of respondents is demonstrates that maximum (98%) of the respondents were Hindu. Study participants reported numerous different types of occupations. The data estimate that the true prevalence of smoking among men aged 15yrs and older in Nagpur city is 13.8%. The major risk of smoking was reported in the age group 20-24 years and lower rate of prevalence occur above 30 years of age.