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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Opinion

To what degree do you support a statewide law that would eliminate smoking in all public
enclosed areas, such as restaurants, bowling alleys, shopping centers, and indoor stadiums?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Strongly support Moderately support Do not support
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,817 4,042 56.7 54.9-58.5 1,371 21.7 20.3-23.3 1,404 21.6 20.1-23.1
GENDER
Male 2,432 1,240 51.1 48.1-54.0 516 21.7 19.4-24.2 676 27.2 24.7-30.0
Female 4,385 2,802 62.0 59.8-64.1 855 21.8 20.0-23.7 728 16.2 14.8-17.8
RACE
White 5,339 3,110 54.2 52.2-56.2 1,092 22.7 21.0-24.6 1,137 23.0 21.4-24.8
African American 1,010 631 59.5 55.0-64.0 185 19.8 16.5-23.6 194 20.6 17.0-24.8
Asian 37 34 95.6 82.5-99.0 3 4.4 1.0-17.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 129 65 48.1 35.4-61.1 32 20.1 13.0-29.6 32 31.8 19.1-47.9
Other Minorities 284 194 70.0 61.2-77.5 56 19.2 13.6-26.3 34 10.9 5.8-19.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 284 208 73.2 64.4-80.5 48 16.8 11.8-23.4 28 10.0 4.9-19.2
-English Speaking 115 80 66.0 53.0-76.9 19 20.6 12.0-32.9 16 13.5 6.8-25.0
-Spanish Speaking 169 128 75.9 64.5-84.5 29 15.4 9.8-23.5 12 8.7 3.0-22.4
Non-Hispanic 6,514 3,827 55.3 53.4-57.1 1,316 22.1 20.6-23.7 1,371 22.6 21.1-24.2
AGE
18-24 215 97 45.8 37.6-54.3 68 27.8 21.1-35.7 50 26.3 19.5-34.5
25-34 748 423 55.2 50.3-60.0 180 25.5 21.5-29.8 145 19.4 15.6-23.8
35-44 1,086 647 60.1 56.3-63.9 231 20.5 17.6-23.9 208 19.3 16.5-22.5
45-54 1,381 821 58.2 54.8-61.6 253 19.1 16.5-21.9 307 22.7 19.9-25.7
55-64 1,410 840 58.2 54.9-61.5 255 18.9 16.4-21.7 315 22.9 20.2-25.8
65-74 1,131 687 57.8 54.2-61.4 211 18.7 16.1-21.7 233 23.4 20.4-26.8
75+ 815 505 60.1 55.7-64.4 167 21.9 18.3-25.9 143 18.0 14.8-21.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 929 494 51.3 45.7-56.9 176 20.1 16.3-24.4 259 28.6 23.6-34.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,038 1,140 53.9 50.4-57.2 450 23.2 20.4-26.3 448 22.9 20.1-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,816 1,081 57.0 53.5-60.4 373 22.5 19.6-25.8 362 20.5 17.9-23.4
College Graduate 2,028 1,324 62.1 59.1-65.0 370 20.3 18.0-22.9 334 17.6 15.4-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 674 380 56.2 49.7-62.5 128 18.9 14.6-24.1 166 24.9 19.7-30.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,155 614 51.4 46.7-56.1 246 22.5 18.8-26.8 295 26.0 22.1-30.4
$25,000- 34,999 804 451 52.6 47.4-57.8 178 26.4 21.7-31.6 175 21.0 17.4-25.1
$35,000- 49,999 953 559 56.3 51.8-60.8 205 23.1 19.4-27.2 189 20.6 17.2-24.4
$50,000-74,999 1,003 618 55.2 50.6-59.8 206 25.6 21.4-30.2 179 19.2 15.8-23.2
$75,000+ 1,358 894 63.1 59.5-66.6 233 17.3 14.8-20.1 231 19.6 16.7-22.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,534 1,450 53.2 50.2-56.1 473 19.9 17.7-22.3 611 26.9 24.3-29.8
No 4,241 2,570 58.3 56.0-60.5 892 22.6 20.7-24.6 779 19.2 17.4-21.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 992 528 52.7 48.1-57.2 210 22.4 18.4-26.9 254 25.0 21.5-28.8
Non-Veteran 5,825 3,514 57.3 55.3-59.3 1,161 21.7 20.1-23.3 1,150 21.0 19.4-22.8

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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