Table 1.

Characteristics of counties by policy adoption.

Indicator	Adopted policy	Did not adopt policy
	Group mean	Group mean
Demography
Adult smoking rate	15.8%	19.7%
African-American pop.	9.5%	14.3%
Median household income	$62,317	$52,511
Policy & program context
Excise tax (weighted)	$3.04	$2.30
	Percentage of group	Percentage of group
Local retailer licensing
Not preempted	55.7%	44.3%
Preempted	31.6%	68.4%
Local smoke-free air
Not preempted	54.8%	45.2%
Preempted	33.3%	66.7%
Party majority
Democratic	65.2%	34.8%
Republican	29.4%	70.6%
Program capacity
Sufficient	53.8%	46.2%
Limited	33.3%	66.7%
Store assessments
Conducted	64.3%	35.7%
Not conducted	34.2%	65.8%

Note: from a sample of 80 U.S. Counties, late 2015.