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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Quit Now NC

A telephone quitline is a free telephone-based service that connects people who smoke cigarettes
or use tobacco products with trained quit coaches who can help them quit.

Have you heard of the North Carolina Tobacco Use Quitline at 1-800-QuitNow or the website, QuitlineNC.org?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,935 4,171 39.4 37.8-41.0 7,764 60.6 59.0-62.2
-Forsyth County 345 123 40.2 33.1-47.7 222 59.8 52.3-66.9
GENDER
Male 126 41 38.6 27.7-50.7 85 61.4 49.3-72.3
Female 219 82 41.5 32.6-51.0 137 58.5 49.0-67.4
RACE
White 261 90 41.1 33.1-49.6 171 58.9 50.4-66.9
Other 80 33 39.1 25.9-54.1 47 60.9 45.9-74.1
AGE
18-44 87 35 43.4 30.7-57.0 52 56.6 43.0-69.3
45+ 255 88 37.9 31.2-45.0 167 62.1 55.0-68.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 33 32.8 20.4-48.1 66 67.2 51.9-79.6
Some College + 246 90 43.3 35.1-51.8 156 56.7 48.2-64.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 127 47 37.3 26.0-50.2 80 62.7 49.8-74.0
$50,000+ 164 65 45.0 35.5-54.8 99 55.0 45.2-64.5

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*This question was asked of all respondents regardless of smoking status.

^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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