2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Other Tobacco Use

Currently, when you smoke cigarettes, do you usually smoke menthol cigarettes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 403 170 48.0 40.4-55.7 233 52.0 44.3-59.6
Eastern NC 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents who answered to a previous question that they smoke cigarettes every day or some days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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