BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (In some states, the tax is as little as three cents a pack or as high as one dollar and fifty cents. The national average is currently $0.59. <br> How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if all the money raised was used to fund smoking prevention programs for our youth and/or help balance the budget?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Tax-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

In some states, the tax is as little as three cents a pack or as high as one dollar and fifty cents. The national average is currently $0.59.
How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if all the money raised was u sed to fund smoking prevention programs for our youth and/or help balance the budget?

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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49	$0.50-$1.00	>$1.00	No tax	DNK/Not sure
TOTAL	1,231	282	23.2	19.8-27.1	139	11.9	9.4-15.0	254	23.1	19.6-27.0	377	29.8	26.0-34.0	179	11.9	9.6-14.7
GENDER
Female	1,231	282	23.2	19.8-27.1	139	11.9	9.4-15.0	254	23.1	19.6-27.0	377	29.8	26.0-34.0	179	11.9	9.6-14.7
RACE
African American	1,231	282	23.2	19.8-27.1	139	11.9	9.4-15.0	254	23.1	19.6-27.0	377	29.8	26.0-34.0	179	11.9	9.6-14.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	1	6.2	0.8-36.0	1	28.9	4.6-77.5	4	15.3	4.1-43.3	6	47.4	14.6-82.6	1	2.2	0.3-16.1
-English Speaking	13	1	6.2	0.8-36.0	1	28.9	4.6-77.5	4	15.3	4.1-43.3	6	47.4	14.6-82.6	1	2.2	0.3-16.1
Non-Hispanic	1,218	281	23.3	19.9-27.2	138	11.8	9.3-14.9	250	23.2	19.6-27.1	371	29.7	25.9-33.9	178	12.0	9.6-14.8
AGE
18-24	90	32	34.5	21.4-50.5	16	16.5	8.6-29.3	18	20.9	10.9-36.3	16	22.8	10.3-43.1	8	5.3	2.0-13.4
25-34	197	53	26.6	18.6-36.6	31	16.9	10.6-26.0	47	24.0	16.5-33.4	49	24.1	16.9-33.2	17	8.3	4.1-16.2
35-44	258	75	24.3	18.0-32.1	32	9.2	5.5-15.0	63	32.0	23.8-41.5	58	24.6	17.6-33.4	30	9.8	5.8-16.0
45-54	252	63	23.8	17.0-32.1	25	11.9	6.5-20.7	49	21.4	15.2-29.4	94	36.9	28.9-45.7	21	6.0	3.3-10.6
55-64	179	30	16.6	10.4-25.5	17	9.9	5.2-17.8	43	23.0	14.8-33.8	61	35.9	26.6-46.3	28	14.7	9.0-23.1
65-74	144	18	10.7	5.8-19.0	14	8.3	3.7-17.7	16	10.5	4.9-20.9	57	42.0	30.4-54.6	39	28.4	18.7-40.7
75+	101	9	13.8	6.2-27.9	4	7.2	2.2-20.7	15	10.6	5.4-20.0	38	34.7	23.2-48.2	35	33.7	20.8-49.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	285	40	15.7	10.3-23.3	25	7.7	4.0-14.3	41	12.4	8.0-18.7	114	41.9	33.5-50.9	65	22.2	15.3-31.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	412	100	22.4	16.9-29.0	50	13.7	9.3-19.7	82	24.3	18.0-32.0	118	27.6	21.0-35.4	62	12.1	8.2-17.3
Some Post-H.S.	298	74	29.5	21.7-38.7	39	14.3	9.1-21.6	66	22.3	15.7-30.5	90	28.4	21.0-37.2	29	5.6	3.4- 9.1
College Graduate	234	68	23.9	17.5-31.8	25	9.9	5.7-16.7	65	32.2	24.6-40.8	54	24.2	17.6-32.3	22	9.8	5.9-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	267	42	19.3	12.7-28.2	29	11.6	7.3-18.1	57	20.6	14.2-28.8	91	32.6	25.3-40.9	48	15.9	10.8-22.7
$15,000- 24,999	281	67	24.7	17.3-33.9	31	8.3	4.8-14.0	55	21.0	14.0-30.2	85	34.0	25.8-43.2	43	12.1	7.5-19.0
$25,000- 34,999	157	42	24.8	16.6-35.4	27	18.3	10.3-30.5	34	27.1	17.9-38.8	42	23.0	15.0-33.7	12	6.6	2.9-14.4
$35,000- 49,999	112	24	15.3	8.4-26.1	14	10.6	5.0-21.1	34	30.6	19.5-44.5	30	32.7	21.8-45.7	10	10.9	4.6-23.5
$50,000-74,999	63	16	22.4	10.9-40.5	9	23.2	11.0-42.5	16	25.2	13.5-42.1	16	18.6	9.7-32.9	6	10.5	4.2-24.1
$75,000+	53	17	37.2	21.5-56.2	6	6.6	1.8-21.3	12	31.2	17.4-49.5	14	18.1	9.3-32.4	4	6.8	2.3-18.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	4	31.8	11.4-62.7	1	4.9	0.7-28.7	3	12.5	3.4-36.7	6	42.3	18.7-70.1	2	8.5	2.0-29.9
Guilford	71	23	33.7	21.6-48.3	11	15.5	7.9-28.1	13	17.0	8.9-30.1	15	23.4	13.3-37.9	9	10.4	5.0-20.3
Mecklenburg	80	16	21.6	12.7-34.1	6	10.8	4.7-22.8	19	24.0	15.2-35.6	33	37.0	26.0-49.4	6	6.7	2.6-16.6
Orange	31	12	41.8	24.7-61.2	5	15.8	6.3-34.3	8	29.3	14.7-49.9	1	2.4	0.3-15.5	5	10.7	4.2-24.5
Wake	55	9	11.1	5.6-20.9	11	26.3	14.8-42.2	15	31.3	18.5-47.7	12	17.0	9.2-29.2	8	14.3	6.8-27.6
Chatham/Lee	53	13	20.2	11.3-33.3	4	9.5	3.4-23.4	12	21.4	11.4-36.6	16	35.9	22.3-52.3	8	13.0	5.6-27.1
Nash/Wilson	77	16	20.0	12.0-31.5	9	12.5	5.9-24.5	14	18.0	10.4-29.3	32	42.5	30.7-55.2	6	7.0	2.7-16.9
Craven/Pamlico	56	12	22.3	11.4-39.1	7	13.1	5.1-29.8	10	17.1	8.4-31.6	23	41.7	25.0-60.6	4	5.8	1.8-17.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	2	15.5	2.8-54.1	4	66.8	25.5-92.2	1	4.3	0.5-30.1	1	5.2	0.6-34.3	1	8.2	0.9-46.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	1	28.8	4.5-77.7	2	27.3	6.2-68.2	2	29.3	6.6-70.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	99	17	19.2	11.4-30.5	11	12.8	6.8-22.6	26	28.9	19.4-40.6	24	20.4	13.4-30.0	21	18.7	11.8-28.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	3	34.3	10.6-69.5	2	21.1	5.1-57.1	2	23.8	6.0-60.5	1	6.2	0.8-34.7	1	14.7	2.1-58.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	93	20	23.1	14.7-34.3	8	7.2	3.4-14.6	22	25.7	16.4-37.9	28	26.1	17.8-36.5	15	18.0	10.3-29.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	100	24	26.5	17.9-37.4	11	11.5	6.0-20.7	12	12.7	6.9-22.4	37	34.8	25.2-45.8	16	14.5	8.7-23.1
Northeast NC I	167	39	22.4	16.1-30.4	22	12.6	8.1-19.2	22	13.7	8.6-21.2	54	36.3	27.8-45.8	30	14.9	10.0-21.7
Northeast NC II	96	24	32.6	21.9-45.3	7	6.7	2.8-14.9	19	16.1	9.9-25.2	30	29.8	20.6-41.0	16	14.8	8.8-24.0
Northeastern Partnership	263	63	27.2	20.8-34.6	29	9.9	6.6-14.5	41	14.8	10.6-20.4	84	33.3	26.7-40.5	46	14.9	10.8-20.2
Mountain AHEC	30	8	26.7	11.5-50.4	3	4.9	1.3-17.3	8	33.7	15.3-58.8	7	26.3	11.2-50.3	4	8.5	2.9-22.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	654	149	24.8	19.8-30.6	68	9.3	6.3-13.4	125	23.7	18.5-29.8	216	29.7	24.1-36.1	96	12.5	9.4-16.5
Piedmont	533	122	22.1	17.5-27.5	64	14.1	10.4-18.8	116	21.7	17.2-26.9	153	30.5	25.3-36.2	78	11.7	8.4-16.0
Western NC	44	11	22.8	9.7-44.7	7	6.4	2.5-15.7	13	49.9	24.7-75.1	8	15.4	5.9-34.4	5	5.5	1.9-14.6

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

DNK/Not sure

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,231

282

23.2

19.8-27.1

139

11.9

9.4-15.0

254

23.1

19.6-27.0

377

29.8

26.0-34.0

179

11.9

9.6-14.7

GENDER

Female

1,231

282

23.2

19.8-27.1

139

11.9

9.4-15.0

254

23.1

19.6-27.0

377

29.8

26.0-34.0

179

11.9

9.6-14.7

RACE

African American

1,231

282

23.2

19.8-27.1

139

11.9

9.4-15.0

254

23.1

19.6-27.0

377

29.8

26.0-34.0

179

11.9

9.6-14.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

6.2

0.8-36.0

28.9

4.6-77.5

15.3

4.1-43.3

47.4

14.6-82.6

2.2

0.3-16.1

-English Speaking

6.2

0.8-36.0

28.9

4.6-77.5

15.3

4.1-43.3

47.4

14.6-82.6

2.2

0.3-16.1

Non-Hispanic

1,218

281

23.3

19.9-27.2

138

11.8

9.3-14.9

250

23.2

19.6-27.1

371

29.7

25.9-33.9

178

12.0

9.6-14.8

AGE

18-24

34.5

21.4-50.5

16.5

8.6-29.3

20.9

10.9-36.3

22.8

10.3-43.1

5.3

2.0-13.4

25-34

197

26.6

18.6-36.6

16.9

10.6-26.0

24.0

16.5-33.4

24.1

16.9-33.2

8.3

4.1-16.2

35-44

258

24.3

18.0-32.1

9.2

5.5-15.0

32.0

23.8-41.5

24.6

17.6-33.4

9.8

5.8-16.0

45-54

252

23.8

17.0-32.1

11.9

6.5-20.7

21.4

15.2-29.4

36.9

28.9-45.7

6.0

3.3-10.6

55-64

179

16.6

10.4-25.5

9.9

5.2-17.8

23.0

14.8-33.8

35.9

26.6-46.3

14.7

9.0-23.1

65-74

144

10.7

5.8-19.0

8.3

3.7-17.7

10.5

4.9-20.9

42.0

30.4-54.6

28.4

18.7-40.7

75+

101

13.8

6.2-27.9

7.2

2.2-20.7

10.6

5.4-20.0

34.7

23.2-48.2

33.7

20.8-49.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

285

15.7

10.3-23.3

7.7

4.0-14.3

12.4

8.0-18.7

114

41.9

33.5-50.9

22.2

15.3-31.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

412

100

22.4

16.9-29.0

13.7

9.3-19.7

24.3

18.0-32.0

118

27.6

21.0-35.4

12.1

8.2-17.3

Some Post-H.S.

298

29.5

21.7-38.7

14.3

9.1-21.6

22.3

15.7-30.5

28.4

21.0-37.2

5.6

3.4- 9.1

College Graduate

234

23.9

17.5-31.8

9.9

5.7-16.7

32.2

24.6-40.8

24.2

17.6-32.3

9.8

5.9-15.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

267

19.3

12.7-28.2

11.6

7.3-18.1

20.6

14.2-28.8

32.6

25.3-40.9

15.9

10.8-22.7

$15,000- 24,999

281

24.7

17.3-33.9

8.3

4.8-14.0

21.0

14.0-30.2

34.0

25.8-43.2

12.1

7.5-19.0

$25,000- 34,999

157

24.8

16.6-35.4

18.3

10.3-30.5

27.1

17.9-38.8

23.0

15.0-33.7

6.6

2.9-14.4

$35,000- 49,999

112

15.3

8.4-26.1

10.6

5.0-21.1

30.6

19.5-44.5

32.7

21.8-45.7

10.9

4.6-23.5

$50,000-74,999

22.4

10.9-40.5

23.2

11.0-42.5

25.2

13.5-42.1

18.6

9.7-32.9

10.5

4.2-24.1

$75,000+

37.2

21.5-56.2

6.6

1.8-21.3

31.2

17.4-49.5

18.1

9.3-32.4

6.8

2.3-18.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

31.8

11.4-62.7

4.9

0.7-28.7

12.5

3.4-36.7

42.3

18.7-70.1

8.5

2.0-29.9

Guilford

33.7

21.6-48.3

15.5

7.9-28.1

17.0

8.9-30.1

23.4

13.3-37.9

10.4

5.0-20.3

Mecklenburg

21.6

12.7-34.1

10.8

4.7-22.8

24.0

15.2-35.6

37.0

26.0-49.4

6.7

2.6-16.6

Orange

41.8

24.7-61.2

15.8

6.3-34.3

29.3

14.7-49.9

2.4

0.3-15.5

10.7

4.2-24.5

Wake

11.1

5.6-20.9

26.3

14.8-42.2

31.3

18.5-47.7

17.0

9.2-29.2

14.3

6.8-27.6

Chatham/Lee

20.2

11.3-33.3

9.5

3.4-23.4

21.4

11.4-36.6

35.9

22.3-52.3

13.0

5.6-27.1

Nash/Wilson

20.0

12.0-31.5

12.5

5.9-24.5

18.0

10.4-29.3

42.5

30.7-55.2

7.0

2.7-16.9

Craven/Pamlico

22.3

11.4-39.1

13.1

5.1-29.8

17.1

8.4-31.6

41.7

25.0-60.6

5.8

1.8-17.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

15.5

2.8-54.1

66.8

25.5-92.2

4.3

0.5-30.1

5.2

0.6-34.3

8.2

0.9-46.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

28.8

4.5-77.7

27.3

6.2-68.2

29.3

6.6-70.8

0.0

. - .

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

19.2

11.4-30.5

12.8

6.8-22.6

28.9

19.4-40.6

20.4

13.4-30.0

18.7

11.8-28.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

34.3

10.6-69.5

21.1

5.1-57.1

23.8

6.0-60.5

6.2

0.8-34.7

14.7

2.1-58.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

23.1

14.7-34.3

7.2

3.4-14.6

25.7

16.4-37.9

26.1

17.8-36.5

18.0

10.3-29.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

100

26.5

17.9-37.4

11.5

6.0-20.7

12.7

6.9-22.4

34.8

25.2-45.8

14.5

8.7-23.1

Northeast NC I

167

22.4

16.1-30.4

12.6

8.1-19.2

13.7

8.6-21.2

36.3

27.8-45.8

14.9

10.0-21.7

Northeast NC II

32.6

21.9-45.3

6.7

2.8-14.9

16.1

9.9-25.2

29.8

20.6-41.0

14.8

8.8-24.0

Northeastern Partnership

263

27.2

20.8-34.6

9.9

6.6-14.5

14.8

10.6-20.4

33.3

26.7-40.5

14.9

10.8-20.2

Mountain AHEC

26.7

11.5-50.4

4.9

1.3-17.3

33.7

15.3-58.8

26.3

11.2-50.3

8.5

2.9-22.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

654

149

24.8

19.8-30.6

9.3

6.3-13.4

125

23.7

18.5-29.8

216

29.7

24.1-36.1

12.5

9.4-16.5

Piedmont

533

122

22.1

17.5-27.5

14.1

10.4-18.8

116

21.7

17.2-26.9

153

30.5

25.3-36.2

11.7

8.4-16.0

Western NC

22.8

9.7-44.7

6.4

2.5-15.7

49.9

24.7-75.1

15.4

5.9-34.4

5.5

1.9-14.6

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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