2023 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 403 170 48.0 40.4-55.7 233 52.0 44.3-59.6
GENDER
Male 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 195 86 49.2 39.0-59.5 *** *** ***
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 214 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 182 76 44.4 34.5-54.8 106 55.6 45.2-65.5
No 218 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 346 145 49.2 40.9-57.6 201 50.8 42.4-59.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 213 92 48.4 39.0-57.9 121 51.6 42.1-61.0
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 170 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 227 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 214 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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