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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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Snus is a moist, smokeless tobacco, usually sold in small pouches, that is placed under the lip against the gum.
Have you heard of snus before today?*

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  Total
Respond.^
(Yes)Used snus past 6 months (Yes)Not used snus past 6 months (No)Not heard of snus
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,519 135 3.7 2.8- 5.0 1,484 30.4 28.3-32.6 3,900 65.9 63.6-68.1
-Gaston County 137 0 0.0 . - . 34 26.4 17.6-37.6 103 73.6 62.4-82.4
GENDER
Male 52 0 0.0 . - . 13 24.2 11.9-43.0 39 75.8 57.0-88.1
Female 85 0 0.0 . - . 21 28.1 16.9-42.7 64 71.9 57.3-83.1
RACE
White 119 0 0.0 . - . 33 29.6 19.6-42.0 86 70.4 58.0-80.4
Other 18 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.7-30.0 17 94.7 70.0-99.3
AGE
18-44 28 0 0.0 . - . 12 43.8 24.5-65.2 16 56.2 34.8-75.5
45+ 109 0 0.0 . - . 22 16.4 10.3-25.3 87 83.6 74.7-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 0 0.0 . - . 13 12.6 6.6-22.9 60 87.4 77.1-93.4
Some College + 63 0 0.0 . - . 21 39.0 24.8-55.2 42 61.0 44.8-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 0 0.0 . - . 20 28.5 16.5-44.5 65 71.5 55.5-83.5
$50,000+ 32 0 0.0 . - . 9 20.8 9.9-38.6 23 79.2 61.4-90.1

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*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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