BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina: (Do you use smokeless tobacco in situations where you can't smoke or where you would prefer not to smoke?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Quit Now NC--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

Do you use smokeless tobacco in situations where you can't smoke or where you would prefer not to smoke?*

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	Total Respond.^	Often/Sometimes			Rarely/Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	587	73	14.8	10.2-21.0	514	85.2	79.0-89.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes	435	58	18.2	12.0-26.7	377	81.8	73.3-88.0
No	150	15	7.7	4.2-13.7	135	92.3	86.3-95.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight	10	0	0.0	. - .	10	100	. - .
Recommended Range	191	26	11.7	7.3-18.1	165	88.3	81.9-92.7
Overweight	222	29	18.0	10.5-29.0	193	82.0	71.0-89.5
Obese	157	17	15.0	6.3-31.6	140	85.0	68.4-93.7
History of CVD**
Yes	83	10	12.5	6.3-23.3	73	87.5	76.7-93.7
No	499	63	15.1	10.2-21.8	436	84.9	78.2-89.8
Binge Drinker
No	409	50	11.8	8.2-16.5	359	88.2	83.5-91.8
Yes	163	22	15.8	8.8-27.0	141	84.2	73.0-91.2
Heavy Drinker
No	513	61	12.6	8.3-18.7	452	87.4	81.3-91.7
Yes	52	9	33.1	14.3-59.5	43	66.9	40.5-85.7
Current Asthma
Yes	56	4	5.4	1.3-19.7	52	94.6	80.3-98.7
No	527	69	15.8	10.8-22.5	458	84.2	77.5-89.2
Diabetes
Yes	41	7	9.1	3.8-20.3	34	90.9	79.7-96.2
No	546	66	15.1	10.3-21.5	480	84.9	78.5-89.7
Disability
Yes	295	35	15.4	8.5-26.2	260	84.6	73.8-91.5
No	285	35	13.1	7.9-21.0	250	86.9	79.0-92.1

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*Asked only of current smokers who reported ever trying smokeless tobacco.

**History of Cardiovascular Disease: includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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