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【Objective】 This paper aimed to explore effects of reduced chemical fertilizer and soil texture on yield, quality and nitrogen（N）, phosphorus（P） and potassium（K） fertilizer utilization rate of flue-cured tobacco. 【Method】 Using flue-cured tobacco variety K326 as material, a field experiment was established in sandy soil, clay soil and heavy loam in Qujing tobacco production site, and six fertilization treatments were set up, i.e., T1（CK）（conventional dosage of N, P, K）, T2 and T3（deduced fertilizer N, P, K proportion by 10% and 20%, respectively）, T4 and T5（organic fertilizer replacing 10% and 20% chemical fertilizer, respectively） and T6（no manure or fertilizer）. 【Result】Compared with treatment T1（CK）, treatments T2, T3 significantly improved grade, yield, economical output and N, P, K use efficiency of tobacco leaves in sandy soil. Meanwhile, treatments T2, T3 increased contents of potassium, decreased total sugar, reducing sugar. The contents of total nitrogen, nicotine and water-soluble chloride in the middle and upper parts of leaves were not significantly affected; and the chemical composition was more balanced under T2 and T3. Compared with treatment T1（CK）, treatment T2 and T5 did not significantly improved growth of the tobacco plants in clay soil, but the proportion, yield, output and N, P, K use efficiency under T2 and T5 in tobacco leaves were significantly higher than that of T1（CK）, and the chemical composition of middle and upper position leaves was more balanced. Compared with T1（CK）, treatments T2, T3, T5 had no effect on tobacco plant growth in heavy loam, but improved the proportion of products, yield, output, N, P, K use efficiency of tobacco. Furthermore, the contents of total sugar, reducing sugar of middle and upper part leaves were increased under T2, T3 and T5. The total nitrogen, nicotine, potassium and water-soluble chloride were not affected by treatments. And treatments T2, T3 significantly improved the balance of chemical composition of tobacco leaves. Under the same N, P and K application rate, the N and P uptake and use of tobacco plants in different soils could be sorted as the following: Sandy soil>heavy loam>clay soil, and K use efficiency as the following: Heavy loam>clay soil>sandy soil. 【Conclusion】Based on the current N, P and K usage of tobacco in farmlands, the potential N, P and K proportion of chemical fertilizer reduction（CR） or replacement with organic fertilizer（ROR） in sandy soil was 10%. The N, P and K proportion of CR or ROR in clay soil was 10%-20%. The potential reduction of N, P and K fertilizer in heavy loam was 10%, and the potential proportion ROR was 10%-20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]