Volume 11 — April 03, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Using a Health Informatics System to Assess Effect of a Federal Cigarette Tax Increase on Readiness to Quit Among Low-Income Smokers, Louisiana, 2009
| Race | February | March | April | May | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 5th wk | |
| Overall | 21.9 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 30.8 | 30.7 | 33.2 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 29.6 |
| White | 20.3 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 26.6 | 24.9 | 27.9 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 32.8 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 29.8 | 29.5 |
| African American | 24.1 | 27.7 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 29.9 | 26.6 | 33.4 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 30.2 | 31.4 | 29.8 | 32.2 | 26.8 | 32.8 | 28.6 | 28.2 |
Figure 1. Weekly rate of readiness to quit tobacco
use in next 30 days by race, Louisiana, February through May 2009. A federal
cigarette tax increase of $0.61 per pack went into effect April 1, 2009.
| Sex | February | March | April | May | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 1st wk | 2nd wk | 3rd wk | 4th wk | 5th wk | |
| Overall | 21.9 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 30.8 | 30.7 | 33.2 | 29.8 | 31.1 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 29.6 |
| Men | 18.8 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 25.6 | 26.6 | 26.7 | 29.9 | 27.6 | 30.3 | 29.1 | 27.6 | 28.6 | 29.3 | 25.4 | 28.0 | 28.1 | 25.8 |
| Women | 24.2 | 27.6 | 27.3 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 28.8 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 30.3 | 33.5 | 33.2 | 32.8 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 32.5 |
Figure 2. Weekly rate of readiness to quit tobacco use in next 30 days
by sex, Louisiana, February through May 2009. A federal cigarette tax
increase of $0.61 per pack went into effect April 1, 2009.
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