African Americans' attitudes toward cigarette excise taxes.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined African Americans' opinions regarding cigarette excise taxes and other tobacco control issues.


METHODS
A stratified cluster sample of US congressional districts represented by African Americans was selected. African Americans from 10 districts were interviewed.


RESULTS
Forty-seven percent of respondents stated that taxes on tobacco products should be increased, whereas about 30% believed that they should be reduced. Almost 75% disagreed that raising taxes on tobacco products is unfair to African Americans, and 57.9% reported that they would not be opposed to increasing taxes on cigarettes even if low-income smokers would be hit the hardest.


CONCLUSIONS
The present results indicate substantial support for cigarette excise taxes among African Americans.
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Gary
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315 Health and Human Development East, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. gxk14@psu.edu
Mallett
Robyn K
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Kozlowski
Lynn T
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Bendel
Robert B
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D011639:Public Opinion; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000208:ethnology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011049:Social Control Policies / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States