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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 340 226 62.0 54.4-69.0 89 30.0 23.4-37.5 25 8.1 4.7-13.6
GENDER
Male 124 75 54.8 42.9-66.1 40 36.3 25.5-48.7 9 8.9 3.7-19.9
Female 216 151 69.5 61.5-76.5 49 23.3 17.1-31.0 16 7.1 4.1-12.2
RACE
White 119 81 67.3 52.3-79.4 32 27.2 15.5-43.1 6 5.5 2.3-12.7
Other 218 144 61.3 52.6-69.4 56 31.6 24.0-40.4 18 7.1 3.8-12.7
AGE
18-44 101 64 55.9 43.4-67.6 27 34.3 23.3-47.3 10 9.8 4.4-20.6
45+ 238 162 68.8 61.9-75.0 62 25.4 19.7-32.1 14 5.8 3.2-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 129 61.8 52.6-70.2 55 30.6 22.8-39.7 16 7.6 4.0-13.9
Some College + 139 96 62.1 49.0-73.7 34 29.0 18.4-42.6 9 8.8 3.4-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 158 58.2 49.2-66.7 72 33.6 25.5-42.7 17 8.2 4.1-15.8
$50,000+ 53 40 77.3 63.8-86.8 10 17.6 9.4-30.5 3 5.1 1.6-15.2

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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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