2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Other Tobacco Products

During the past 30 days, did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,151 121 4.2 3.4- 5.3 3,030 95.8 94.7-96.6
GENDER
Male 1,315 99 7.6 5.9- 9.7 1,216 92.4 90.3-94.1
Female 1,836 22 1.4 0.8- 2.3 1,814 98.6 97.7-99.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,879 106 4.1 3.2- 5.2 2,773 95.9 94.8-96.8
No 233 15 6.4 3.6-11.1 218 93.6 88.9-96.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 741 29 4.7 3.0- 7.4 712 95.3 92.6-97.0
Overweight 1,033 50 5.1 3.6- 7.0 983 94.9 93.0-96.4
Obese 1,099 40 4.0 2.6- 6.1 1,059 96.0 93.9-97.4
Current Smoker
Yes 389 54 15.1 10.6-21.1 335 84.9 78.9-89.4
No 2,739 67 2.5 1.9- 3.3 2,672 97.5 96.7-98.1
History of CVD**
Yes 370 19 3.9 2.3- 6.4 351 96.1 93.6-97.7
No 2,761 101 4.2 3.3- 5.4 2,660 95.8 94.6-96.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 330 48 15.1 11.0-20.5 282 84.9 79.5-89.0
No 2,690 70 2.8 2.0- 3.9 2,620 97.2 96.1-98.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 139 17 12.5 7.0-21.2 122 87.5 78.8-93.0
No 2,882 99 3.8 2.9- 4.9 2,783 96.2 95.1-97.1
COPD
Yes 272 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,871 111 4.3 3.4- 5.5 2,760 95.7 94.5-96.6
Current Asthma
Yes 348 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,792 113 4.5 3.5- 5.6 2,679 95.5 94.4-96.5
Diabetes
Yes 466 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,681 111 4.6 3.6- 5.8 2,570 95.4 94.2-96.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,069 44 5.5 3.7- 8.2 1,025 94.5 91.8-96.3
No 2,053 77 3.7 2.8- 4.7 1,976 96.3 95.3-97.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 934 34 3.5 2.3- 5.3 900 96.5 94.7-97.7
No 2,216 87 4.5 3.4- 5.8 2,129 95.5 94.2-96.6

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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