Objective: To identify available evidence in the literature on the epidemiological aspects, the approach to the smoker, and therapeutic of nicotine addiction in the population. Method: This is an integrative review carried out in the Health Virtual Library using the following combinations of keywords: "prevalence and smoking, " "dependence and nicotine", "depression and smoking, " and "smoking cessation. " Results: The results from the sixteen selected articles pointed out: incomplete primary education, low income, early teenage smoking, and higher prevalence and recurrence among women than men. Conclusion: Smoking is more prevalent in women, and women have a higher incidence of relapse after treatment than men. The most widely used therapy was the use of drugs in conjunction with a psychosocial approach and/or cognitive behavioral method. It is necessary to train health professionals to understand the smoking habit as a public health problem to refer individuals to treatment. RESUMENObjetivo: Identificar evidencias disponibles en la literatura sobre los aspectos epidemiológicos, abordaje del tabaquista y terapéutica de la dependencia de la nicotina en la población. Método: Se trata de una revisión integradora realizada en la Biblioteca Virtual de Salud, con las siguientes asociaciones de palabras-clave: "prevalencia y tabaquismo", "dependencia y nicotina", "depresión y tabaquismo", y "abandono del hábito de fumar". Resultados: Los resultados de los dieciséis artículos seleccionados señalaron: enseñanza primaria incompleta, baja renta, inicio del tabaquismo en la adolescencia, mayor prevalencia y recurrencia entre mujeres. Conclusión: El tabaquismo es más frecuente entre mujeres y éstas presentan mayor recurrencia después del tratamiento. La terapéutica más utilizada fue el uso conjunto de fármacos con el abordaje psicosocial y/o método cognitivo comportamental. Es necesario capacitar los profesionales de salud para comprender el tabaquismo como problema de salud pública y encaminar el usuario para tratamiento.

Introduction: Smoking is considered a chronic and epidemic disease because the nicotine as well as with other drugs causes, physical, psychological and behavioral addiction. Objective: To verify the interfering factors to the abandonment of smoking cigarettes participants of the National Program for Tobacco Control, assisted by Day-Hospital Professor Esterina Corsini of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, a central-west region of Brazil.Results: Of the 370 smokers, 49.5% were male, and 50.5% were female, with a mean age of 47.47±11.52 years old. As the education, 44.8% had at least nine years of study and 54.9% with up to eight