[Sociodemographic characteristics associated with the prevalence of tobacco use in Costa RicaCaracterísticas sociodemográficas associadas à prevalência do consumo de tabaco na Costa Rica].

Objective: To determine the associations between sociodemographic characteristics and the current prevalence of tobacco use in Costa Rica, based on the results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).

Methods: Cross-sectional observational epidemiological study, country-wide (n = 8607), that used the sociodemographic variables included in GATS 2015. A logistic regression model was designed to predict the impact of those variables on current tobacco use.

[Tobacco use in adults and observance of antismoking legislation in Costa Rica in 2015Consumo de tabaco em adultos e cumprimento da legislação antifumo na Costa Rica em 2015].

Objective: Estimate tobacco use in adults in 2015 and observance of the provisions of the General Law for the Control of Tobacco and its Harmful Effects on Health and its regulations.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in homes, with national representation based on a three-stage probabilistic sample by sex and area of residence.

Results: Visits were made to 9 632 homes where 8 607 individual interviews were conducted; the response rate was 89%.