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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 148 3 1.4 0.4- 4.8 37 22.1 14.8-31.5 108 76.6 67.0-84.0
GENDER
Male 41 0 0.0 . - . 13 32.0 18.0-50.3 28 68.0 49.7-82.0
Female 107 3 2.0 0.5- 6.9 24 17.6 10.5-28.2 80 80.4 69.5-88.0
RACE
White 133 3 1.6 0.5- 5.7 34 23.6 15.6-34.0 96 74.8 64.2-83.0
Other 15 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.7 3.3-42.7 12 86.3 57.3-96.7
AGE
18-44 60 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 16 20.5 11.4-34.0 42 77.6 63.9-87.2
45+ 87 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 21 24.8 15.3-37.7 65 74.7 61.9-84.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 10 26.1 13.2-45.3 33 73.1 54.2-86.3
Some College + 104 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 27 20.7 12.8-31.7 75 77.7 66.4-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 0 0.0 . - . 17 26.9 15.5-42.6 44 73.1 57.4-84.5
$50,000+ 73 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 19 24.0 13.7-38.6 53 74.5 59.7-85.2

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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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