[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%.