2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation

In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit
smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 387 247 62.2 54.5-69.3 140 37.8 30.7-45.5
GENDER
Male 199 117 61.2 50.6-70.8 82 38.8 29.2-49.4
Female 188 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 342 229 64.9 56.6-72.4 113 35.1 27.6-43.4
No 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 387 247 62.2 54.5-69.3 140 37.8 30.7-45.5
History of CVD**
Yes 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 312 185 59.0 50.3-67.1 127 41.0 32.9-49.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 285 188 64.1 54.8-72.5 97 35.9 27.5-45.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 330 218 65.2 56.8-72.8 112 34.8 27.2-43.2
COPD
Yes 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 295 175 59.5 51.0-67.6 120 40.5 32.4-49.0
Current Asthma
Yes 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 337 211 62.6 54.3-70.2 126 37.4 29.8-45.7
Diabetes
Yes 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 337 208 59.4 51.1-67.2 129 40.6 32.8-48.9
Functional Disability
Yes 175 *** *** *** 53 33.3 24.0-44.1
No 209 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 228 125 56.5 46.7-65.9 103 43.5 34.1-53.3

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*Asked of current smokers.

**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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