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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 314 114 42.3 35.2-49.8 200 57.7 50.2-64.8
GENDER
Male 116 35 34.2 23.8-46.2 81 65.8 53.8-76.2
Female 198 79 48.6 39.6-57.8 119 51.4 42.2-60.4
RACE
White 270 99 45.0 37.2-53.0 171 55.0 47.0-62.8
Other 44 15 29.2 15.8-47.4 29 70.8 52.6-84.2
AGE
18-44 83 45 54.7 41.8-67.1 38 45.3 32.9-58.2
45+ 228 69 32.7 25.0-41.4 159 67.3 58.6-75.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 61 42.4 32.5-52.8 112 57.6 47.2-67.5
Some College + 140 53 42.4 32.3-53.1 87 57.6 46.9-67.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 63 38.1 28.8-48.4 112 61.9 51.6-71.2
$50,000+ 83 33 43.6 31.1-57.0 50 56.4 43.0-68.9

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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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