Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2023

Costa Rica, 2023

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CRI_2023_GYTS_v01

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Institute of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Ministry of Health

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Jun 05, 2026

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Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: CRI-2023

Overview

Valid: 1798

Invalid: 21

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never smoked cigarettes	1512	84.1%
2	7 years old or younger	26	1.4%
3	8 or 9 years old	13	0.7%
4	10 or 11 years old	27	1.5%
5	12 or 13 years old	108	6%
6	14 or 15 years old	86	4.8%
7	16 years old or older	26	1.4%
Sysmiss		21

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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