U.S. News and World Report recently released a few surveys which included the most/least smoking cities and most/least drinking cities. ironically Durham, the former “City of Tobacco” was named as the 5th Most Smoke-Free Metro area. Greensboro, Wilmington, and Hickory were mentioned in the 10 Smokiest. Raleigh and Fayetteville were mentioned in a tie for 5th in the Most Sober Metro Areas survey. The numbers were compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Further evidence that we don’t need to be called “Tobacco Road” by the national sports media, and evidence that there really are two North Carolinas.