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

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	9,178	2,136	24.1	22.7-25.6	1,100	11.9	10.9-13.0	2,154	24.2	22.8-25.6	2,253	23.2	21.8-24.5	1,535	16.6	15.4-17.9
GENDER
Male	3,355	771	24.2	21.9-26.6	388	11.1	9.5-12.9	785	23.9	21.7-26.3	909	25.2	23.0-27.5	502	15.7	13.8-17.8
Female	5,823	1,365	24.1	22.4-25.8	712	12.7	11.4-14.2	1,369	24.4	22.8-26.2	1,344	21.3	19.7-22.9	1,033	17.4	16.0-19.0
RACE
White	6,748	1,629	25.9	24.2-27.7	852	12.8	11.5-14.1	1,639	24.4	22.8-26.1	1,582	22.5	21.0-24.1	1,046	14.4	13.1-15.7
African American	1,809	403	22.8	19.8-26.0	202	10.8	8.9-13.1	369	23.3	20.2-26.8	560	30.1	26.9-33.5	275	13.0	10.8-15.4
Asian	45	7	25.7	10.6-50.2	2	4.4	0.7-23.6	15	24.7	11.2-46.1	6	5.7	2.0-15.0	15	39.5	19.8-63.5
Native American	221	55	22.4	13.9-34.2	19	14.8	5.9-32.4	42	18.2	11.7-27.2	64	32.0	21.8-44.2	41	12.6	7.9-19.5
Other Minorities	321	34	7.8	4.4-13.5	21	6.1	3.4-10.9	79	25.2	18.6-33.1	36	12.1	7.5-18.7	151	48.8	40.4-57.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	334	36	9.5	5.6-15.5	26	5.1	2.7- 9.3	80	23.4	17.0-31.3	44	12.4	7.7-19.3	148	49.7	41.3-58.2
-English Speaking	134	28	30.1	17.7-46.4	20	12.9	6.7-23.4	40	29.7	18.2-44.5	27	15.2	7.7-27.8	19	12.1	5.6-24.2
-Spanish Speaking	200	8	2.5	0.9- 6.8	6	2.5	0.7- 8.5	40	21.2	14.0-30.8	17	11.4	6.1-20.3	129	62.4	52.1-71.8
Non-Hispanic	8,834	2,096	25.1	23.7-26.6	1,073	12.4	11.3-13.6	2,072	24.2	22.8-25.7	2,208	23.9	22.5-25.3	1,385	14.3	13.2-15.5
AGE
18-24	568	182	31.3	25.6-37.6	78	13.5	9.7-18.5	140	25.9	20.6-32.0	100	18.2	13.7-23.8	68	11.1	7.8-15.4
25-34	1,388	377	26.9	23.5-30.7	189	11.9	9.7-14.4	368	25.2	21.9-28.9	258	17.9	15.2-21.1	196	18.1	14.8-21.9
35-44	1,746	438	22.9	20.1-25.8	249	14.8	12.5-17.5	469	28.1	25.1-31.3	380	20.9	18.2-24.0	210	13.3	10.9-16.2
45-54	1,803	469	24.7	21.8-27.9	205	11.7	9.4-14.5	431	23.8	20.9-26.9	473	25.7	22.7-28.9	225	14.1	11.6-17.1
55-64	1,497	312	21.6	18.6-24.9	182	11.3	9.3-13.8	352	22.7	19.7-25.9	397	27.2	23.9-30.9	254	17.2	14.6-20.1
65-74	1,218	201	19.3	16.1-23.0	132	9.3	7.3-11.7	230	19.2	16.1-22.7	373	29.1	25.6-33.0	282	23.1	19.7-26.9
75+	901	144	17.0	13.8-20.8	60	6.3	4.4- 8.9	153	17.3	14.0-21.2	255	30.5	26.2-35.2	289	28.9	24.8-33.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,549	240	16.4	13.3-20.1	101	5.7	4.2- 7.7	234	14.2	11.7-17.1	480	28.8	25.3-32.6	494	34.9	30.8-39.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,737	697	25.8	23.2-28.5	296	11.0	9.2-13.0	514	21.8	19.1-24.8	744	25.9	23.3-28.6	486	15.6	13.6-17.8
Some Post-H.S.	2,289	598	28.4	25.3-31.7	267	12.9	10.7-15.5	538	23.5	20.9-26.3	588	22.6	19.9-25.5	298	12.6	10.6-15.0
College Graduate	2,580	599	23.2	20.9-25.6	436	16.0	14.0-18.2	866	33.6	30.9-36.3	433	17.3	15.2-19.5	246	10.0	8.3-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,080	177	14.5	11.3-18.5	95	7.7	5.8-10.2	209	20.8	17.0-25.2	333	30.8	26.4-35.7	266	26.1	21.8-31.0
$15,000- 24,999	1,693	405	23.2	20.0-26.7	187	9.7	7.7-12.1	319	20.2	17.0-23.8	434	26.1	22.7-29.7	348	20.9	17.7-24.4
$25,000- 34,999	1,010	263	27.8	23.6-32.6	145	13.9	10.5-18.0	225	20.5	16.9-24.6	243	23.2	19.3-27.6	134	14.7	11.1-19.1
$35,000- 49,999	1,219	306	24.6	21.2-28.4	162	13.1	10.5-16.1	333	28.0	24.2-32.0	274	22.4	19.1-26.1	144	11.9	9.4-14.9
$50,000-74,999	994	236	26.4	22.3-31.0	162	16.6	13.6-20.1	274	25.9	22.1-30.1	212	18.5	15.1-22.5	110	12.6	9.7-16.3
$75,000+	1,134	247	21.0	17.9-24.4	195	17.2	14.0-20.9	401	36.7	32.6-41.0	190	16.6	13.6-20.0	101	8.6	6.4-11.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	446	98	23.2	18.9-28.3	69	16.1	12.2-20.9	117	26.3	21.7-31.4	102	22.2	18.0-27.1	60	12.2	9.0-16.3
Guilford	436	104	24.2	19.6-29.5	60	14.6	10.8-19.3	118	26.4	21.8-31.6	97	23.0	18.6-28.1	57	11.8	8.7-15.8
Mecklenburg	439	100	23.3	18.6-28.8	60	15.3	10.9-21.0	135	27.8	22.9-33.3	84	18.0	13.9-22.8	60	15.6	11.7-20.5
Orange	446	86	20.2	15.3-26.1	82	13.6	10.4-17.5	157	40.2	32.6-48.2	70	16.3	11.2-23.3	51	9.7	7.0-13.4
Wake	443	94	19.1	15.2-23.7	84	16.7	13.2-20.9	120	28.6	23.7-34.1	81	18.4	14.3-23.3	64	17.2	12.9-22.6
Chatham/Lee	388	87	20.5	16.0-25.9	38	8.6	6.1-12.1	95	23.9	18.9-29.7	88	25.1	19.4-31.8	80	21.9	17.1-27.6
Nash/Wilson	365	99	28.3	22.9-34.4	31	8.9	5.8-13.3	75	21.0	16.5-26.4	102	26.1	21.3-31.6	58	15.7	11.9-20.5
Craven/Pamlico	440	101	24.5	19.8-29.9	58	13.6	10.2-17.9	95	20.8	16.7-25.6	120	27.0	22.1-32.4	66	14.1	10.6-18.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	419	114	31.6	25.6-38.2	36	8.0	5.4-11.9	54	12.4	9.2-16.4	140	31.4	26.5-36.8	75	16.6	13.0-21.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	442	112	25.6	20.9-30.9	50	14.3	8.9-22.2	99	21.1	16.7-26.1	106	24.5	19.8-29.9	75	14.6	11.0-19.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	463	98	21.4	16.5-27.3	51	10.6	7.4-14.9	101	28.0	19.0-39.1	131	25.3	19.8-31.7	82	14.8	11.2-19.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	419	93	18.9	13.8-25.4	57	19.5	9.5-36.0	117	24.1	18.4-31.0	79	15.4	11.2-20.9	73	22.0	13.2-34.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	458	118	25.5	21.2-30.4	46	9.3	6.8-12.6	89	20.5	16.3-25.3	126	27.6	23.0-32.6	79	17.2	13.3-21.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	406	96	26.0	21.0-31.7	41	12.8	8.0-19.9	64	15.9	11.6-21.3	122	26.8	22.0-32.2	83	18.5	14.6-23.2
Northeast NC I	448	102	23.2	18.6-28.6	61	12.4	9.4-16.3	78	19.1	14.9-24.1	119	24.8	20.2-30.0	88	20.5	14.4-28.4
Northeast NC II	498	119	26.1	21.5-31.3	43	9.3	6.6-13.0	108	23.2	18.9-28.2	142	25.0	21.0-29.5	86	16.3	12.7-20.8
Northeastern Partnership	946	221	25.1	21.6-28.9	104	10.4	8.3-13.0	186	21.8	18.5-25.4	261	24.9	21.8-28.3	174	17.8	14.4-21.7
Mountain AHEC	1,277	285	24.7	20.5-29.5	170	12.5	10.0-15.5	348	27.1	23.7-30.8	271	21.6	18.4-25.1	203	14.2	11.7-17.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,212	773	25.5	23.0-28.3	341	10.8	9.1-12.8	660	22.0	19.6-24.5	872	24.6	22.2-27.3	566	17.1	14.9-19.5
Piedmont	3,941	897	23.4	21.5-25.4	512	12.5	11.1-14.1	980	25.0	23.0-27.1	916	22.6	20.7-24.5	636	16.5	14.8-18.3
Western NC	2,025	466	24.1	20.9-27.7	247	11.9	9.7-14.5	514	25.5	22.7-28.5	465	22.4	19.7-25.3	333	16.1	13.6-18.9

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

DNK/Not sure

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

9,178

2,136

24.1

22.7-25.6

1,100

11.9

10.9-13.0

2,154

24.2

22.8-25.6

2,253

23.2

21.8-24.5

1,535

16.6

15.4-17.9

GENDER

Male

3,355

771

24.2

21.9-26.6

388

11.1

9.5-12.9

785

23.9

21.7-26.3

909

25.2

23.0-27.5

502

15.7

13.8-17.8

Female

5,823

1,365

24.1

22.4-25.8

712

12.7

11.4-14.2

1,369

24.4

22.8-26.2

1,344

21.3

19.7-22.9

1,033

17.4

16.0-19.0

RACE

White

6,748

1,629

25.9

24.2-27.7

852

12.8

11.5-14.1

1,639

24.4

22.8-26.1

1,582

22.5

21.0-24.1

1,046

14.4

13.1-15.7

African American

1,809

403

22.8

19.8-26.0

202

10.8

8.9-13.1

369

23.3

20.2-26.8

560

30.1

26.9-33.5

275

13.0

10.8-15.4

Asian

25.7

10.6-50.2

4.4

0.7-23.6

24.7

11.2-46.1

5.7

2.0-15.0

39.5

19.8-63.5

Native American

221

22.4

13.9-34.2

14.8

5.9-32.4

18.2

11.7-27.2

32.0

21.8-44.2

12.6

7.9-19.5

Other Minorities

321

7.8

4.4-13.5

6.1

3.4-10.9

25.2

18.6-33.1

12.1

7.5-18.7

151

48.8

40.4-57.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

334

9.5

5.6-15.5

5.1

2.7- 9.3

23.4

17.0-31.3

12.4

7.7-19.3

148

49.7

41.3-58.2

-English Speaking

134

30.1

17.7-46.4

12.9

6.7-23.4

29.7

18.2-44.5

15.2

7.7-27.8

12.1

5.6-24.2

-Spanish Speaking

200

2.5

0.9- 6.8

2.5

0.7- 8.5

21.2

14.0-30.8

11.4

6.1-20.3

129

62.4

52.1-71.8

Non-Hispanic

8,834

2,096

25.1

23.7-26.6

1,073

12.4

11.3-13.6

2,072

24.2

22.8-25.7

2,208

23.9

22.5-25.3

1,385

14.3

13.2-15.5

AGE

18-24

568

182

31.3

25.6-37.6

13.5

9.7-18.5

140

25.9

20.6-32.0

100

18.2

13.7-23.8

11.1

7.8-15.4

25-34

1,388

377

26.9

23.5-30.7

189

11.9

9.7-14.4

368

25.2

21.9-28.9

258

17.9

15.2-21.1

196

18.1

14.8-21.9

35-44

1,746

438

22.9

20.1-25.8

249

14.8

12.5-17.5

469

28.1

25.1-31.3

380

20.9

18.2-24.0

210

13.3

10.9-16.2

45-54

1,803

469

24.7

21.8-27.9

205

11.7

9.4-14.5

431

23.8

20.9-26.9

473

25.7

22.7-28.9

225

14.1

11.6-17.1

55-64

1,497

312

21.6

18.6-24.9

182

11.3

9.3-13.8

352

22.7

19.7-25.9

397

27.2

23.9-30.9

254

17.2

14.6-20.1

65-74

1,218

201

19.3

16.1-23.0

132

9.3

7.3-11.7

230

19.2

16.1-22.7

373

29.1

25.6-33.0

282

23.1

19.7-26.9

75+

901

144

17.0

13.8-20.8

6.3

4.4- 8.9

153

17.3

14.0-21.2

255

30.5

26.2-35.2

289

28.9

24.8-33.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,549

240

16.4

13.3-20.1

101

5.7

4.2- 7.7

234

14.2

11.7-17.1

480

28.8

25.3-32.6

494

34.9

30.8-39.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,737

697

25.8

23.2-28.5

296

11.0

9.2-13.0

514

21.8

19.1-24.8

744

25.9

23.3-28.6

486

15.6

13.6-17.8

Some Post-H.S.

2,289

598

28.4

25.3-31.7

267

12.9

10.7-15.5

538

23.5

20.9-26.3

588

22.6

19.9-25.5

298

12.6

10.6-15.0

College Graduate

2,580

599

23.2

20.9-25.6

436

16.0

14.0-18.2

866

33.6

30.9-36.3

433

17.3

15.2-19.5

246

10.0

8.3-11.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,080

177

14.5

11.3-18.5

7.7

5.8-10.2

209

20.8

17.0-25.2

333

30.8

26.4-35.7

266

26.1

21.8-31.0

$15,000- 24,999

1,693

405

23.2

20.0-26.7

187

9.7

7.7-12.1

319

20.2

17.0-23.8

434

26.1

22.7-29.7

348

20.9

17.7-24.4

$25,000- 34,999

1,010

263

27.8

23.6-32.6

145

13.9

10.5-18.0

225

20.5

16.9-24.6

243

23.2

19.3-27.6

134

14.7

11.1-19.1

$35,000- 49,999

1,219

306

24.6

21.2-28.4

162

13.1

10.5-16.1

333

28.0

24.2-32.0

274

22.4

19.1-26.1

144

11.9

9.4-14.9

$50,000-74,999

994

236

26.4

22.3-31.0

162

16.6

13.6-20.1

274

25.9

22.1-30.1

212

18.5

15.1-22.5

110

12.6

9.7-16.3

$75,000+

1,134

247

21.0

17.9-24.4

195

17.2

14.0-20.9

401

36.7

32.6-41.0

190

16.6

13.6-20.0

101

8.6

6.4-11.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

446

23.2

18.9-28.3

16.1

12.2-20.9

117

26.3

21.7-31.4

102

22.2

18.0-27.1

12.2

9.0-16.3

Guilford

436

104

24.2

19.6-29.5

14.6

10.8-19.3

118

26.4

21.8-31.6

23.0

18.6-28.1

11.8

8.7-15.8

Mecklenburg

439

100

23.3

18.6-28.8

15.3

10.9-21.0

135

27.8

22.9-33.3

18.0

13.9-22.8

15.6

11.7-20.5

Orange

446

20.2

15.3-26.1

13.6

10.4-17.5

157

40.2

32.6-48.2

16.3

11.2-23.3

9.7

7.0-13.4

Wake

443

19.1

15.2-23.7

16.7

13.2-20.9

120

28.6

23.7-34.1

18.4

14.3-23.3

17.2

12.9-22.6

Chatham/Lee

388

20.5

16.0-25.9

8.6

6.1-12.1

23.9

18.9-29.7

25.1

19.4-31.8

21.9

17.1-27.6

Nash/Wilson

365

28.3

22.9-34.4

8.9

5.8-13.3

21.0

16.5-26.4

102

26.1

21.3-31.6

15.7

11.9-20.5

Craven/Pamlico

440

101

24.5

19.8-29.9

13.6

10.2-17.9

20.8

16.7-25.6

120

27.0

22.1-32.4

14.1

10.6-18.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

419

114

31.6

25.6-38.2

8.0

5.4-11.9

12.4

9.2-16.4

140

31.4

26.5-36.8

16.6

13.0-21.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

442

112

25.6

20.9-30.9

14.3

8.9-22.2

21.1

16.7-26.1

106

24.5

19.8-29.9

14.6

11.0-19.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

463

21.4

16.5-27.3

10.6

7.4-14.9

101

28.0

19.0-39.1

131

25.3

19.8-31.7

14.8

11.2-19.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

419

18.9

13.8-25.4

19.5

9.5-36.0

117

24.1

18.4-31.0

15.4

11.2-20.9

22.0

13.2-34.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

458

118

25.5

21.2-30.4

9.3

6.8-12.6

20.5

16.3-25.3

126

27.6

23.0-32.6

17.2

13.3-21.8

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

406

26.0

21.0-31.7

12.8

8.0-19.9

15.9

11.6-21.3

122

26.8

22.0-32.2

18.5

14.6-23.2

Northeast NC I

448

102

23.2

18.6-28.6

12.4

9.4-16.3

19.1

14.9-24.1

119

24.8

20.2-30.0

20.5

14.4-28.4

Northeast NC II

498

119

26.1

21.5-31.3

9.3

6.6-13.0

108

23.2

18.9-28.2

142

25.0

21.0-29.5

16.3

12.7-20.8

Northeastern Partnership

946

221

25.1

21.6-28.9

104

10.4

8.3-13.0

186

21.8

18.5-25.4

261

24.9

21.8-28.3

174

17.8

14.4-21.7

Mountain AHEC

1,277

285

24.7

20.5-29.5

170

12.5

10.0-15.5

348

27.1

23.7-30.8

271

21.6

18.4-25.1

203

14.2

11.7-17.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,212

773

25.5

23.0-28.3

341

10.8

9.1-12.8

660

22.0

19.6-24.5

872

24.6

22.2-27.3

566

17.1

14.9-19.5

Piedmont

3,941

897

23.4

21.5-25.4

512

12.5

11.1-14.1

980

25.0

23.0-27.1

916

22.6

20.7-24.5

636

16.5

14.8-18.3

Western NC

2,025

466

24.1

20.9-27.7

247

11.9

9.7-14.5

514

25.5

22.7-28.5

465

22.4

19.7-25.3

333

16.1

13.6-18.9

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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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