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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 160 4 16.0 5.7-37.7 47 31.8 22.8-42.4 109 52.2 40.0-64.1
GENDER
Male 63 3 25.3 7.9-56.9 26 36.6 21.9-54.3 34 38.2 23.2-55.8
Female 97 1 6.5 1.0-33.5 21 26.8 16.6-40.3 75 66.6 51.5-78.9
RACE
White 121 4 21.9 8.1-47.1 33 27.7 18.2-39.7 84 50.4 35.9-64.9
Other 39 0 0.0 . - . 14 43.0 26.0-62.0 25 57.0 38.0-74.0
AGE
18-44 42 4 34.0 13.5-62.9 17 32.8 17.6-52.7 21 33.2 18.4-52.2
45+ 118 0 0.0 . - . 30 30.9 22.0-41.5 88 69.1 58.5-78.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 1 21.1 3.5-66.2 12 27.6 13.0-49.3 43 51.3 27.7-74.2
Some College + 104 3 13.3 4.0-35.7 35 34.1 23.9-45.9 66 52.7 39.8-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 3 23.4 6.9-55.4 18 28.0 15.7-44.9 57 48.6 30.7-67.0
$50,000+ 66 1 10.1 1.5-44.8 25 34.5 22.3-49.2 40 55.4 39.2-70.6

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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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