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This study aimed to examine the burden of cigarette smoking and access to tobacco by youth in South-East Asia (SEA).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The burden along with the physical (methods of obtaining cigarettes), financial (cigarette affordability by pocket money), and illegal (sale to minors) access to cigarettes among school-going boys and girls were examined by analyzing the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data (2013\u20132016) from seven SEA member countries. Descriptive statistics using country-specific GYTS sample weight was used to estimate parameters with 95% confidence intervals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proportion of youths reporting cigarette smoking was highest in East Timor [boys: 55.57 % (51.93\u201359.21) and girls: 11.35% (9.12\u201313.59)] and lowest in Sri Lanka [boys: 2.96% (2.91\u20133.0) and girls: 0%]. Smoking prevalence was higher among boys than girls. Smoking among boys and girls was positively correlated (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.849, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.032). The most common method of obtaining cigarettes was \u201cbuying it from a store\/kiosk\/street hawker\u201d and \u201cother sources.\u201d Except in Indonesia, financial access was limited for most youths. Financial access had a positive but negligible influence on cigarette smoking. Despite legal restrictions on sales to minors, students could obtain cigarettes from vendors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Contextual cigarette smoking and access to cigarettes by youths despite the legal ban and unaffordability is a concern. 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