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ABSTRAC Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung disease characterized by a continuous blockage of air flow from the lungs, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The main cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is exposure to cigarettes, both active and passive smokers. Smoking is one of the highest risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cigarettes and exposure to the cigarette smoke can affect the quality of life. Quality of life is very important to understand to patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, because it is related to the condition of tightness which will make difficult for patients to carry out their daily activities. This study aimed to determine the correlation between smoking habits toward quality of life in patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Tabanan Hospital. This study employed correlative analytics design with cross sectional approach. There were 100 respondents recruited as the sample of this study which were selected by using Consecutive Sampling. The data were analyzed by using Pearson statistic test. The result showed that 84% of the respondents had good smoking habit and 16% of the respondents had poor smoking habit. 53% of the respondents had moderate quality of life of patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There was a significant correlation between smoking habit and quality of life of patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Tabanan Hospital (p – value < 0.001).