Deaths:

The number of deaths attributable to tobacco in North Carolina alone would equal about two fully loaded passenger aircraft crashing each week with no survivors. In 1992, smoking accounted for more then 11,600 deaths, which means 1 out of 5 deaths was smoking related.

Estimated costs for Smoking-Related Illness Among Residents 35 years of Age or Older, North Carolina, 1992

Estimated Costs	Total $	$/NC Resident	Percentage
Direct Health Care Cost	456,786,000	66.81	21.5
Indirect Morbidity Cost	213,579,000	31.24	10.1
Indirect Mortality Cost	1,450,101,000	212.10	68.4
Total Economic Cost	2,120,466,000	310.15	100.0

Source: Division of Adult Health Promotion, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.

N.C. Manufacturing by industry

Industry	# Of Plants	% State Wide Total
Ind Mach & Equip	1,445	12.9
Printing and Publishing	1,349	12.04
Apparel & Fabric Prod.	955	8.53
Lumber and Wood Prod.	938	8.37
Textiles	919	8.2
Metal Fabricating	872	7.78
Furniture and Fixtures	698	6.23
Stone, Glass, concrete	572	5.11
Food	497	4.44
Rubber & Plastic Prod	486	4.34
Chemicals	450	4.02
Electrical & Electr Eqpt	362	3.23
Transportation Eqpt	286	2.55
Paper & Allied Prod	235	2.1
Primary Metals	224	2
Measuring Devices	195	1.74
Petroleum & Fuel Prod	82	0.73
Leather Goods	38	0.34
Tobacco	21	0.19
Misc	578	5.16
Total	11,202	100

Source:Manufacturers' News Inc., Evanston IL

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Percentage of Adult North Carolians who reported smoking

	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Age (yrs)
18-24	24%	28%	18%	25%	21%	17%	24%	25%
25-34	30%	20%	32%	31%	40%	32%	33%	30%
35-44	31%	32%	34%	29%	29%	27%	33%	32%
45-54	37%	36%	33%	36%	31%	27%	30%	27%
55-64	23%	27%	27%	26%	28%	25%	20%	22%
65+	12%	18%	13%	10%	13%	13%	13%	10%
Sex
Male	31%	30%	28%	31%	30%	30%	31%	28%
Female	22%	22%	24%	23%	26%	19%	23%	23%
Total:	27%	26%	26%	27%	28%	24%	26%	25%

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, DAHP, NC DEHNR

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Sale rates to minors aged 15 or less by coalition and store type

Coalition	Service Station	Pharmacy	Convenience Store	Grocery Store	Other	Total Rate by Coalition
Buncombe	10/14	6/13	19/46	6/16	4/5	48%
Craven/Pamlico	1/4	2/8	20/51	8/26	-------	35%
Guilford	2/6	18/30	15/33	12/23	-------	51%
High	1/2	4/5	8/25	3/6	3/4	45%
Brunswick	------	6/10	27/54	4/10	0/1	49%
Mecklenburg	11/20	6/19	21/40	12/21	2/2	51%
Onslow	3/5	0/4	3/19	1/8	0/2	18%
Wake	5/26	6/22	9/36	8/29	1/1	25%
Total Rate by Store	33/77	48/111	122/304	54/139	10/15	41%
By Store (%)	43%	43%	40%	39%	67%

Source: Project Assist

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