Current use of tobacco products and price assessment of a 20-pack of cigarettes. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2017
| Kuna Yala % (95% CI)* | Panama % (95% CI)* | P value† | |
| Current tobacco use (ie, use of any tobacco product in the past 30 days) | |||
| All adolescents aged 13 to 15 | 14.0 (11.6 to 16.9) | 7.8 (6.3 to 9.5) | <0.01 |
| Male adolescents | 18.6 (14.9 to 23.1) | 7.9 (6.2 to 9.8) | <0.01 |
| Female adolescents | 9.6 (7.0 to 13.1) | 7.4 (5.4 to 10.0) | 0.24 |
| All adolescents aged 13 years | 10.9 (7.2 to 16.0) | 7.4 (5.2 to 10.3) | 0.13 |
| All adolescents aged 14 years | 14.8 (10.7 to 20.1) | 7.4 (5.7 to 9.6) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 15 years | 17.4 (13.1 to 22.8) | 9.0 (6.0 to 13.4) | <0.01 |
| Current cigarette smoker (ie, smoked cigarettes on at least 1 day in the past 30 days) | |||
| All adolescents aged 13 to 15 | 5.0 (3.1 to 5) | 4.0 (3.6 to 6.0) | 0.14 |
| Male adolescents | 8.0 (5.4 to 10) | 4.2 (3.1 to 6.0) | <0.01 |
| Female adolescents | 2.0 (1.1 to 4.0) | 3.4 (2.5 to 5.0) | 0.13 |
| All adolescents aged 13 years | 2.2 (1.1 to 4.0) | 3.4 (2.2 to 5.0) | 0.25 |
| All adolescents aged 14 years | 4.3 (2.3 to 7.0) | 4.2 (3.0 to 6.0) | 0.91 |
| All adolescents aged 15 years | 9.9 (6.4 to 13.0) | 4.3 (2.7 to 7.0) | <0.01 |
| Estimating the cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes: less than US$0.75 | |||
| All adolescents aged 13 to 15 | 49.7 (42.9 to 56.6) | 16.2 (12.6 to 20.7) | <0.01 |
| Male adolescents | 47.7 (39.7 to 56.2) | 17.0 (13.2 to 21.6) | <0.01 |
| Female adolescents | 52.4 (42.2 to 62.4) | 15.3 (11.1 to 20.8) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 13 years | 57.1 (47.6 to 66.1) | 18.6 (13.6 to 24.9) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 14 years | 43.9 (32.7 to 55.6) | 15.1 (10.7 to 20.8) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 15 years | 44.8 (33.7 to 56.5) | 14.8 (10.1 to 21.1) | <0.01 |
| Estimating the cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes: US$4.00 or more | |||
| All adolescents aged 13 to 15 | 2.7 (1.5 to 4.9) | 13.8 (10.1 to 18.6) | <0.01 |
| Male adolescents | 2.0 (0.8 to 5.1) | 13.7 (9.8 to 18.8) | <0.01 |
| Female adolescents | 3.7 (1.6 to 8.6) | 13.6 (9.2 to 19.7) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 13 years | 2.2 (0.7 to 6.8) | 11.2 (8.3 to 15.2) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 14 years | 5.0 (2.1 to 11.1) | 15.0 (10.7 to 20.5) | <0.01 |
| All adolescents aged 15 years | 1.1 (0.1 to 7.7) | 15.7 (9.3 to 25.6) | <0.01 |
In the sample, there were 7.8%, 3.8% and 0.1% of students with missing data for the questions regarding current tobacco use, current use of cigarettes and the estimation of 20-cigarette pack cost, respectively.
*CI, taking into account complex sampling
†χ2 taking into account complex sampling.