2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-African Americans

The last time you tried to quit smoking, did you use any of the following medications:

a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenges, nicotine nasal spray, a nicotine inhaler, or
pills such as Wellbutrin, Zyban, buproprion, Chantix, or varenicline to help you quit?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 799 313 35.6 31.4-40.1 486 64.4 59.9-68.6
-African Americans 181 57 29.8 21.8-39.2 124 70.2 60.8-78.2
GENDER
Male 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 178 56 29.7 21.7-39.2 122 70.3 60.8-78.3
AGE
18-34 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 156 44 24.9 17.2-34.7 112 75.1 65.3-82.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of smokers who stopped smoking one day or longer because they were trying to quit smoking.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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