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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 260 5 2.9 1.1- 7.4 60 23.2 16.9-31.0 195 73.9 65.9-80.5
GENDER
Male 99 3 3.0 0.8- 9.8 28 29.1 19.8-40.6 68 67.9 56.4-77.6
Female 161 2 2.8 0.7-11.3 32 18.0 10.5-29.1 127 79.1 67.7-87.3
RACE
White 188 4 3.9 1.3-11.0 46 25.0 18.3-33.2 138 71.1 62.5-78.4
Other 70 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 14 20.7 10.2-37.5 55 78.0 61.2-88.8
AGE
18-44 82 4 5.2 1.9-13.6 17 24.2 14.3-37.9 61 70.6 56.8-81.5
45+ 175 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 43 22.7 16.5-30.3 131 77.0 69.3-83.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 1 4.0 0.6-23.2 14 24.3 12.7-41.4 46 71.7 54.2-84.5
Some College + 198 4 2.6 0.9- 7.1 46 22.9 15.9-31.9 148 74.5 65.4-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 3 4.5 1.2-15.7 17 13.5 6.9-24.9 73 81.9 69.1-90.2
$50,000+ 130 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 36 27.8 19.6-37.8 92 69.7 59.6-78.2

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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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