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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

TRU Campaign/Tobacco Opinion

States add a special tax to the purchase of cigarettes. The national average tax is $1.18 per
pack and North Carolina's tax is $0.35 cents per pack.
Would you favor or oppose raising North Carolina's cigarette tax to $1.18 for people who smoke:

If part of the tax revenue was used to reduce tobacco use, particularly among kids?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Favor Oppose Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,176 8,505 69.4 67.9-70.8 3,065 26.1 24.7-27.5 606 4.5 4.0- 5.2
-Johnston County 332 220 68.4 61.4-74.5 104 30.2 24.1-37.1 8 1.4 0.7- 2.9
GENDER
Male 124 78 65.8 54.8-75.3 45 33.8 24.4-44.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
Female 208 142 70.6 61.6-78.3 59 27.0 19.6-36.0 7 2.3 1.0- 5.1
RACE
White 268 169 63.7 55.7-71.0 92 34.8 27.7-42.8 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2
Other 62 50 84.0 69.6-92.4 11 14.8 6.8-29.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
AGE
18-44 113 78 72.1 61.2-80.9 35 27.9 19.1-38.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 217 141 64.4 56.3-71.8 68 32.5 25.3-40.7 8 3.0 1.4- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 102 63.9 53.9-72.8 55 34.0 25.2-44.1 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2
Some College + 169 118 72.0 62.6-79.9 48 27.1 19.3-36.5 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 94 63.0 52.5-72.4 54 34.8 25.6-45.4 5 2.2 0.8- 5.5
$50,000+ 144 104 74.4 64.9-82.1 38 24.7 17.2-34.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4

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^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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