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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 338 266 80.6 74.7-85.3 56 15.3 11.1-20.7 16 4.1 2.2- 7.4
GENDER
Male 105 73 71.5 60.2-80.6 29 25.8 17.1-36.9 3 2.7 0.7- 9.5
Female 233 193 85.9 79.5-90.6 27 9.1 5.6-14.6 13 4.9 2.5- 9.5
RACE
White 293 230 80.4 74.1-85.5 51 16.1 11.5-22.0 12 3.5 1.7- 7.0
Other 45 36 81.4 64.0-91.5 5 12.0 4.2-29.5 4 6.6 2.0-19.8
AGE
18-44 128 103 80.5 71.1-87.4 19 14.9 8.9-23.8 6 4.6 2.0-10.5
45+ 207 161 80.7 73.9-86.1 37 16.0 11.1-22.5 9 3.3 1.4- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 82 69.8 57.6-79.7 25 24.1 15.0-36.3 8 6.1 2.6-13.8
Some College + 223 184 85.7 79.6-90.2 31 11.1 7.3-16.6 8 3.1 1.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 96 70.3 58.5-79.9 28 23.5 14.8-35.2 7 6.2 2.4-15.0
$50,000+ 167 138 84.2 77.0-89.4 24 12.8 8.1-19.4 5 3.1 1.2- 7.4

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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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