SC BRFSS 2001: (In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
TOTAL	474	335	69.1	63.9-73.8	139	30.9	26.2-36.1
GENDER
Male	156	109	67.8	58.5-75.9	47	32.2	24.1-41.5
Female	318	226	70.0	64.0-75.3	92	30.0	24.7-36.0
RACE
White	360	258	69.6	63.6-75.0	102	30.4	25.0-36.4
African American	97	63	65.3	53.9-75.2	34	34.7	24.8-46.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year and had received health care of some kind.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia 1: Anderson,Oconee
Appalachia 2: Greenville,Pickens
Appalachia 3: Cherokee,Spartanburg,Union
Catawba: Chester,Lancaster,York
Edisto: Bamberg,Calhoun,Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort,Colleton,Hampton,Jasper
Savannah: Aiken,Allendale,Barnwell
Palmetto: Fairfield,Lexington,Newberry,Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield,Darlington,Dillon,Florence,Marion,Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley,Charleston,Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville,Edgefield,Greenwood,Laurens,McCormick,Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown,Horry,Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon,Kershaw,Lee,Sumter

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for South Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking?*

	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	474	335	69.1	63.9-73.8	139	30.9	26.2-36.1
GENDER
Male	156	109	67.8	58.5-75.9	47	32.2	24.1-41.5
Female	318	226	70.0	64.0-75.3	92	30.0	24.7-36.0
RACE
White	360	258	69.6	63.6-75.0	102	30.4	25.0-36.4
African American	97	63	65.3	53.9-75.2	34	34.7	24.8-46.1