2024 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 351 222 63.9 57.7-69.7 129 36.1 30.3-42.3
GENDER
Male 170 97 59.1 50.2-67.4 73 40.9 32.6-49.8
Female 181 125 69.3 60.4-76.9 56 30.7 23.1-39.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 296 202 69.8 63.4-75.6 94 30.2 24.4-36.6
No 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 114 *** *** *** 39 33.7 24.0-44.9
Obese 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 351 222 63.9 57.7-69.7 129 36.1 30.3-42.3
History of CVD**
Yes 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 294 176 61.2 54.3-67.6 118 38.8 32.4-45.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 279 184 65.7 58.7-72.1 95 34.3 27.9-41.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 310 193 62.1 55.4-68.4 117 37.9 31.6-44.6
COPD
Yes 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 278 162 59.9 52.8-66.6 116 40.1 33.4-47.2
Current Asthma
Yes 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 307 189 63.1 56.5-69.3 118 36.9 30.7-43.5
Diabetes
Yes 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 295 178 61.1 54.2-67.5 117 38.9 32.5-45.8
Functional Disability
Yes 139 93 68.9 59.1-77.2 46 31.1 22.8-40.9
No 206 125 61.6 53.5-69.1 81 38.4 30.9-46.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 153 119 79.9 71.0-86.6 34 20.1 13.4-29.0
No 198 103 52.9 44.5-61.2 95 47.1 38.8-55.5

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*Asked of current smokers.

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.

^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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