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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 567 430 75.5 70.4-80.0 110 20.4 16.1-25.4 27 4.1 2.6- 6.6
GENDER
Male 209 151 71.1 62.9-78.2 52 25.9 19.1-34.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.6
Female 358 279 79.5 72.8-84.8 58 15.4 10.6-21.9 21 5.1 3.0- 8.5
RACE
White 398 300 72.7 66.2-78.4 78 23.0 17.6-29.5 20 4.3 2.5- 7.3
Other 160 123 80.5 71.8-87.0 30 15.4 9.7-23.6 7 4.1 1.7- 9.5
AGE
18-44 175 141 77.9 68.9-84.8 28 19.5 12.9-28.4 6 2.6 1.0- 6.7
45+ 388 286 72.7 67.0-77.8 82 21.6 17.1-27.0 20 5.7 3.3- 9.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 134 93 67.9 55.3-78.3 34 28.8 18.7-41.6 7 3.3 1.4- 7.6
Some College + 431 336 78.4 73.0-83.0 75 17.1 13.0-22.2 20 4.4 2.5- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 153 78.2 69.8-84.8 47 19.2 13.0-27.4 7 2.6 1.1- 6.0
$50,000+ 266 217 81.2 75.0-86.2 39 14.6 10.3-20.2 10 4.2 2.0- 8.9

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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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