Table 3 Univariate results, per capita quitline operations spending (n = 38)

Variable	Sig	B	SE (95% CI)
Demographic information
Education: ⩾ high school degree	0.906	0.002	0.013 (−0.024 to 0.027)
Income	0.263	−6.100 E-006	0.000 (0.000 to 0.000)
Age	0.278	0.021	0.019 (−0.017 to 0.059)
Tobacco use
Prevalence	0.218	0.019	0.015 (−0.012 to 0.049)
Consumption	0.005*	0.005	0.002 (0.001 to 0.008)
Tobacco control spending
Securitisation of MSA payments	0.793	0.026	0.100 (−0.177 to 0.230)
Per capita tobacco control expenditures	0.000*	0.052	0.013 (0.025 to 0.079)
Economic and political climate
Cigarette excise tax rate	0.289	−0.116	0.108 (−0.335 to 0.103)
Political ideology	0.126	0.003	0.002 (−0.001 to 0.008)
Governor’s political affiliation	0.602	−0.049	0.094 (−0.240 to 0.141)
Legislature’s political affiliation	0.778	0.102	0.359 (−0.628 to 0.832)
State budget deficit	0.163	−0.008	0.006 (−0.020 to 0.004)
Agriculture: tobacco production (more than 1 million lb)	0.981	−0.003	0.114 (−0.234 to 0.229)