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The current study came to add the role of unrealistic optimism in attitude towards health behavior "smoking as a model" for university students, and a comparison between among university students’ smokers and non-smokers, by answering the following questions: 1) What is the trendiest attitude towards smoking among university students "smokers and non-smokers"? 2) Is there a relationship between unrealistic optimism and the attitude towards smoking among university students who are smokers and non-smokers? 3) Are there statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among aspiring and non-smokers? 4) Are there statistically significant differences in the trend towards smoking among university students who are smokers and non-smokers? 5) Are there statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable practice of sport? 6) Are there statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable smoking period? 7) Are there statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable number of cigarettes smoked daily? 8) Does unrealistic optimism affect the trend towards smoking among university students? The study involved a sample of 434 university students (217 smokers and 217 nonsmokers). And we chose the application of the method according to descriptive approach to correlation and comparison based on the following tools: The scale of unrealistic optimism for Badr al-Ansari (2001). The scale of the smoking trend for Abdel Moneim Shehata (1988) With the application of the statistical description bet, we summarized the results of the study us follows: the prevailing trend towards smoking among university students is the positive trend "with a preference for smoking". There is a negative association function, statistically, between unrealistic optimism and attitude towards smoking among university students who are smokers and nonsmokers. There are statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who are smokers and non-smokers for non-smokers. There are statistically significant differences in the trend towards smoking among university students, whether smoking or non-smoking, for the benefit of university level smoking students. There are statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable of exercise for university students who smoke or practice sports. There are no statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable years of smoking. There are no statistically significant differences in unrealistic optimism among university students who smoke according to variable number of cigarettes smoked in day. Unrealistic optimism negatively affects the trend towards smoking among university students. (Author’s abstract)