The parental behaviour plays an important and independent role in the tobacco dependence trajectory and should be a focus of future interventions. The aims of the study was to assess the prevalence of tobacco smoking, the knowledge about harmful effects of smoking, to evaluate the interest to quit smoking among employees in a cluster of Romanian child protection residential facilities. In the present study we included 674 adults employed in family foster homes. Analyzing the answers to questions regarding smoking habits in present, 140 (20.8%) employees smoke every day, and 54 (8%) smoke occasionally. 53.1% of them would be interested to receive training in smoking prevention, therapy or counselling methods. While half of the respondents have never participated in a specific training to learn about the dangers of smoking, a large part of them would be interested in receiving such training, which justify the need and importance of research on smoking, widening cessation and prevention activities.