2024 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 357 154 46.5 40.2-52.9 203 53.5 47.1-59.8
GENDER
Male 173 73 44.4 35.8-53.3 100 55.6 46.7-64.2
Female 184 81 48.8 39.8-57.8 103 51.2 42.2-60.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 221 76 37.2 29.8-45.3 145 62.8 54.7-70.2
Non-Hispanic Black 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 142 59 45.1 35.1-55.6 83 54.9 44.4-64.9
No 208 92 47.1 39.1-55.2 116 52.9 44.8-60.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 315 135 44.9 38.2-51.8 180 55.1 48.2-61.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 175 80 49.8 40.9-58.6 95 50.2 41.4-59.1
Unemployed 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 140 60 46.5 37.0-56.4 80 53.5 43.6-63.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 189 74 44.0 35.7-52.6 115 56.0 47.4-64.3
Rent 129 62 53.5 43.9-62.9 67 46.5 37.1-56.1
Other arrangement 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 153 55 40.6 31.2-50.8 98 59.4 49.2-68.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 141 62 47.1 37.3-57.1 79 52.9 42.9-62.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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