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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 340 237 69.7 62.4-76.1 85 26.4 20.3-33.6 18 3.9 2.2- 6.7
GENDER
Male 112 76 63.8 50.1-75.5 31 33.1 21.7-46.9 5 3.1 1.1- 8.7
Female 228 161 74.2 67.2-80.2 54 21.2 15.8-27.9 13 4.5 2.4- 8.3
RACE
White 234 161 69.8 60.5-77.7 61 26.6 19.0-35.9 12 3.6 1.8- 7.2
Other 106 76 69.5 57.4-79.4 24 26.1 16.7-38.3 6 4.4 1.8-10.4
AGE
18-44 89 64 71.2 57.3-81.9 20 25.1 14.9-39.0 5 3.8 1.3-10.1
45+ 250 172 68.4 61.0-74.9 65 27.6 21.2-35.0 13 4.0 2.3- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 75 68.8 56.2-79.1 33 23.5 15.0-35.0 11 7.7 3.7-15.4
Some College + 221 162 70.2 61.0-77.9 52 28.0 20.3-37.2 7 1.9 0.9- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 114 69.3 59.2-77.9 46 26.9 18.8-36.9 10 3.8 1.8- 7.7
$50,000+ 123 95 74.7 61.8-84.4 24 22.0 12.8-35.2 4 3.2 1.0- 9.9

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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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