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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Jun 05, 2026

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Refuse to sell due to age (CR27)

Data file: CRI-2023

Overview

Valid: 1799

Invalid: 20

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

During the past month, when you entered a shop to buy tobacco products, did the salesman refuse to sell them to you because of your age?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	During the past month, I did not try to buy tobacco products from a shop.	1715	95.3%
2	Yes, someone refused to sell me cigarettes because of my age	26	1.4%
3	No, my age did not keep me from buying cigarettes	58	3.2%
Sysmiss		20

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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