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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 352 225 62.2 54.5-69.3 103 30.4 23.8-38.0 24 7.4 4.3-12.6
GENDER
Male 117 71 55.5 42.7-67.5 41 40.0 28.2-53.1 5 4.5 1.6-12.0
Female 235 154 68.1 59.9-75.4 62 21.8 16.4-28.5 19 10.0 5.3-18.3
RACE
White 219 136 59.7 49.4-69.1 74 34.8 25.8-44.9 9 5.6 2.1-14.0
Other 132 89 66.4 54.6-76.4 28 23.3 14.5-35.4 15 10.3 5.5-18.4
AGE
18-44 101 67 63.6 50.4-75.0 29 30.3 19.7-43.5 5 6.1 2.0-16.8
45+ 248 155 60.1 51.8-67.8 74 31.0 23.7-39.4 19 8.9 5.1-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 105 58.3 47.5-68.4 57 31.1 22.2-41.8 16 10.5 5.2-20.0
Some College + 174 120 66.3 55.2-75.8 46 29.6 20.4-40.9 8 4.1 1.9- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 128 64.6 54.7-73.4 62 27.9 20.0-37.5 12 7.5 3.5-15.3
$50,000+ 91 62 65.6 51.3-77.5 23 30.4 18.9-45.1 6 4.0 1.7- 9.5

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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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