2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 357 154 46.5 40.2-52.9 203 53.5 47.1-59.8
Piedmont NC 177 86 49.2 40.3-58.1 91 50.8 41.9-59.7
GENDER
Male 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 163 78 47.2 38.0-56.6 85 52.8 43.4-62.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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