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-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	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	4,251	1,022	25.5	23.5-27.6	546	13.3	11.8-15.0	1,037	24.5	22.6-26.5	906	19.7	18.0-21.5	740	17.0	15.3-18.8
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
Asian	22	3	26.5	6.6-64.7	1	0.7	0.1- 5.5	9	35.5	14.6-63.9	3	11.1	2.7-35.9	6	26.1	8.3-57.9
Native American	143	37	20.6	13.5-30.2	13	14.9	5.9-32.9	20	16.9	9.1-29.2	43	33.3	20.9-48.6	30	14.3	8.8-22.5
Other Minorities	159	18	9.0	4.5-17.2	10	7.9	3.5-17.0	44	29.2	19.5-41.1	13	9.0	3.7-20.4	74	44.9	33.2-57.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	165	14	8.4	3.9-17.1	15	7.2	3.4-14.5	42	25.3	16.1-37.5	21	10.6	4.7-22.2	73	48.4	36.2-60.9
-English Speaking	81	11	16.8	7.3-34.0	14	23.3	11.4-41.6	26	36.5	20.2-56.6	17	13.5	6.9-24.8	13	10.0	4.4-21.2
-Spanish Speaking	84	3	4.7	1.1-18.1	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	16	20.4	10.7-35.5	4	9.4	2.7-28.3	60	65.2	48.5-78.9
Non-Hispanic	5,651	1,349	24.9	23.2-26.7	696	13.0	11.7-14.5	1,325	24.4	22.7-26.1	1,323	21.8	20.3-23.5	958	15.9	14.5-17.4
AGE
18-24	356	114	30.7	24.1-38.2	58	16.4	11.3-23.2	81	24.0	17.9-31.4	54	15.1	10.0-22.1	49	13.8	9.1-20.4
25-34	868	244	27.0	23.0-31.4	128	15.0	11.9-18.7	243	27.7	23.7-32.1	137	15.1	12.1-18.7	116	15.2	11.8-19.4
35-44	1,078	294	25.4	21.9-29.3	155	14.9	12.0-18.4	307	30.5	26.5-34.7	201	16.7	13.8-20.1	121	12.5	9.4-16.4
45-54	1,131	301	27.0	23.3-31.1	129	10.6	8.2-13.5	267	23.4	20.0-27.2	287	23.8	20.4-27.6	147	15.2	12.1-18.9
55-64	927	188	20.6	16.8-24.9	112	12.9	10.1-16.4	215	21.3	17.7-25.3	242	26.7	22.4-31.5	170	18.5	15.3-22.2
65-74	780	115	15.7	12.3-19.8	91	10.5	8.0-13.8	147	20.8	16.7-25.5	230	27.8	23.5-32.6	197	25.2	21.0-29.8
75+	640	99	16.0	12.4-20.3	35	5.5	3.4- 8.8	101	16.4	12.6-21.2	181	30.4	25.3-36.0	224	31.7	26.6-37.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	967	150	16.7	13.2-20.9	60	4.6	3.1- 6.8	145	15.0	11.7-19.0	301	28.8	24.4-33.6	311	34.9	29.9-40.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,744	447	24.8	21.9-28.1	196	13.4	11.0-16.3	316	19.6	16.7-22.8	439	24.9	21.8-28.2	346	17.3	14.9-20.0
Some Post-H.S.	1,507	390	27.9	24.5-31.6	180	14.1	11.4-17.4	360	24.9	21.7-28.3	367	19.9	17.1-22.9	210	13.3	10.8-16.3
College Graduate	1,591	377	24.4	21.5-27.6	276	15.9	13.5-18.6	547	34.8	31.4-38.3	233	14.4	12.2-17.0	158	10.5	8.5-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	789	132	15.2	12.0-19.0	71	8.5	6.2-11.5	155	20.1	16.0-25.0	232	29.6	24.7-34.9	199	26.7	22.1-31.9
$15,000- 24,999	1,095	277	26.4	22.4-31.0	132	10.7	8.2-13.9	202	19.8	16.2-23.9	267	24.9	21.2-29.0	217	18.1	14.8-22.1
$25,000- 34,999	654	167	25.1	20.1-30.7	101	17.1	12.6-22.8	154	23.3	18.6-28.7	154	23.9	18.9-29.7	78	10.6	7.7-14.6
$35,000- 49,999	707	189	24.5	20.1-29.4	97	14.2	10.8-18.5	207	31.0	25.9-36.5	130	18.6	14.7-23.2	84	11.7	8.5-16.0
$50,000-74,999	566	140	28.9	23.8-34.6	95	18.1	14.0-23.1	159	26.5	21.7-31.9	101	13.2	10.1-17.1	71	13.3	9.8-17.8
$75,000+	643	145	24.0	19.6-29.1	108	15.7	12.4-19.8	226	35.7	30.8-40.8	97	14.4	11.1-18.5	67	10.2	7.4-13.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	270	64	26.0	20.4-32.4	43	16.6	11.7-23.1	69	24.7	19.5-30.8	59	21.0	16.0-27.0	35	11.7	8.2-16.4
Guilford	277	72	25.9	20.2-32.6	39	14.7	10.3-20.6	68	22.8	17.7-28.9	52	21.1	15.8-27.5	46	15.4	11.1-21.1
Mecklenburg	275	64	24.7	19.4-31.0	35	13.8	9.8-19.2	88	30.5	24.8-36.8	51	16.2	12.1-21.5	37	14.7	10.4-20.4
Orange	279	57	21.5	14.7-30.3	60	17.1	12.4-23.2	102	39.4	29.9-49.9	35	15.4	8.1-27.3	25	6.5	4.1-10.3
Wake	273	54	18.1	13.6-23.8	50	18.1	13.3-24.1	81	31.8	25.6-38.8	46	16.7	11.8-23.2	42	15.3	11.0-20.8
Chatham/Lee	240	57	22.0	16.7-28.4	25	10.8	7.2-15.9	59	22.7	17.4-29.1	48	20.4	15.1-27.0	51	24.0	17.5-32.0
Nash/Wilson	232	63	29.4	23.1-36.6	19	8.1	4.9-13.1	53	22.9	17.5-29.4	63	26.3	20.4-33.1	34	13.4	9.4-18.8
Craven/Pamlico	279	68	25.3	19.9-31.7	31	11.7	7.8-17.2	62	21.0	16.2-26.8	71	25.9	19.9-33.0	47	16.1	11.8-21.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	263	66	28.0	21.7-35.2	26	11.0	6.8-17.3	37	14.7	10.2-20.6	81	27.9	22.3-34.4	53	18.5	13.8-24.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	280	73	25.5	19.6-32.4	31	17.6	9.3-30.8	65	20.4	15.3-26.8	56	17.8	13.0-23.8	55	18.7	13.4-25.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	293	61	21.6	16.2-28.1	32	13.3	8.7-19.8	73	27.8	21.0-35.7	73	21.3	16.3-27.3	54	16.1	11.9-21.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	260	65	24.6	19.1-31.0	36	14.0	9.8-19.6	61	23.0	17.8-29.2	50	17.5	13.0-23.3	48	20.9	15.0-28.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	289	72	25.9	20.5-32.1	27	8.0	5.4-11.8	54	18.6	14.1-24.2	80	26.6	21.4-32.6	56	20.9	15.8-27.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	284	63	24.7	19.4-30.9	31	12.7	8.6-18.5	46	16.0	11.7-21.6	87	26.8	21.6-32.7	57	19.8	15.0-25.5
Northeast NC I	310	73	24.6	19.4-30.5	45	13.6	10.0-18.1	44	14.8	10.8-19.9	88	30.0	24.3-36.5	60	17.1	13.0-22.1
Northeast NC II	319	74	26.3	21.0-32.5	29	10.1	6.7-15.0	63	19.2	14.8-24.6	91	26.3	21.4-31.9	62	18.0	13.8-23.1
Northeastern Partnership	629	147	25.7	21.7-30.0	74	11.4	8.8-14.8	107	17.5	14.3-21.3	179	27.7	23.9-31.9	122	17.6	14.6-21.2
Mountain AHEC	797	193	24.9	21.1-29.2	106	11.5	9.0-14.7	209	29.0	24.8-33.6	153	18.5	15.1-22.5	136	16.1	13.2-19.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,092	500	26.3	23.3-29.6	218	10.6	8.7-12.9	428	22.1	19.4-25.1	558	23.5	20.6-26.5	388	17.5	14.8-20.5
Piedmont	2,462	560	23.1	20.8-25.5	334	13.8	12.0-16.0	625	25.1	22.7-27.6	523	20.5	18.4-22.8	420	17.4	15.4-19.7
Western NC	1,269	305	23.4	20.3-26.8	160	12.8	10.1-16.0	316	26.8	23.2-30.8	263	19.7	16.7-23.1	225	17.3	14.4-20.7

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

DNK/Not sure

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

4,251

1,022

25.5

23.5-27.6

546

13.3

11.8-15.0

1,037

24.5

22.6-26.5

906

19.7

18.0-21.5

740

17.0

15.3-18.8

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

Asian

26.5

6.6-64.7

0.7

0.1- 5.5

35.5

14.6-63.9

11.1

2.7-35.9

26.1

8.3-57.9

Native American

143

20.6

13.5-30.2

14.9

5.9-32.9

16.9

9.1-29.2

33.3

20.9-48.6

14.3

8.8-22.5

Other Minorities

159

9.0

4.5-17.2

7.9

3.5-17.0

29.2

19.5-41.1

9.0

3.7-20.4

44.9

33.2-57.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

165

8.4

3.9-17.1

7.2

3.4-14.5

25.3

16.1-37.5

10.6

4.7-22.2

48.4

36.2-60.9

-English Speaking

16.8

7.3-34.0

23.3

11.4-41.6

36.5

20.2-56.6

13.5

6.9-24.8

10.0

4.4-21.2

-Spanish Speaking

4.7

1.1-18.1

0.2

0.0- 1.2

20.4

10.7-35.5

9.4

2.7-28.3

65.2

48.5-78.9

Non-Hispanic

5,651

1,349

24.9

23.2-26.7

696

13.0

11.7-14.5

1,325

24.4

22.7-26.1

1,323

21.8

20.3-23.5

958

15.9

14.5-17.4

AGE

18-24

356

114

30.7

24.1-38.2

16.4

11.3-23.2

24.0

17.9-31.4

15.1

10.0-22.1

13.8

9.1-20.4

25-34

868

244

27.0

23.0-31.4

128

15.0

11.9-18.7

243

27.7

23.7-32.1

137

15.1

12.1-18.7

116

15.2

11.8-19.4

35-44

1,078

294

25.4

21.9-29.3

155

14.9

12.0-18.4

307

30.5

26.5-34.7

201

16.7

13.8-20.1

121

12.5

9.4-16.4

45-54

1,131

301

27.0

23.3-31.1

129

10.6

8.2-13.5

267

23.4

20.0-27.2

287

23.8

20.4-27.6

147

15.2

12.1-18.9

55-64

927

188

20.6

16.8-24.9

112

12.9

10.1-16.4

215

21.3

17.7-25.3

242

26.7

22.4-31.5

170

18.5

15.3-22.2

65-74

780

115

15.7

12.3-19.8

10.5

8.0-13.8

147

20.8

16.7-25.5

230

27.8

23.5-32.6

197

25.2

21.0-29.8

75+

640

16.0

12.4-20.3

5.5

3.4- 8.8

101

16.4

12.6-21.2

181

30.4

25.3-36.0

224

31.7

26.6-37.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

967

150

16.7

13.2-20.9

4.6

3.1- 6.8

145

15.0

11.7-19.0

301

28.8

24.4-33.6

311

34.9

29.9-40.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,744

447

24.8

21.9-28.1

196

13.4

11.0-16.3

316

19.6

16.7-22.8

439

24.9

21.8-28.2

346

17.3

14.9-20.0

Some Post-H.S.

1,507

390

27.9

24.5-31.6

180

14.1

11.4-17.4

360

24.9

21.7-28.3

367

19.9

17.1-22.9

210

13.3

10.8-16.3

College Graduate

1,591

377

24.4

21.5-27.6

276

15.9

13.5-18.6

547

34.8

31.4-38.3

233

14.4

12.2-17.0

158

10.5

8.5-13.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

789

132

15.2

12.0-19.0

8.5

6.2-11.5

155

20.1

16.0-25.0

232

29.6

24.7-34.9

199

26.7

22.1-31.9

$15,000- 24,999

1,095

277

26.4

22.4-31.0

132

10.7

8.2-13.9

202

19.8

16.2-23.9

267

24.9

21.2-29.0

217

18.1

14.8-22.1

$25,000- 34,999

654

167

25.1

20.1-30.7

101

17.1

12.6-22.8

154

23.3

18.6-28.7

154

23.9

18.9-29.7

10.6

7.7-14.6

$35,000- 49,999

707

189

24.5

20.1-29.4

14.2

10.8-18.5

207

31.0

25.9-36.5

130

18.6

14.7-23.2

11.7

8.5-16.0

$50,000-74,999

566

140

28.9

23.8-34.6

18.1

14.0-23.1

159

26.5

21.7-31.9

101

13.2

10.1-17.1

13.3

9.8-17.8

$75,000+

643

145

24.0

19.6-29.1

108

15.7

12.4-19.8

226

35.7

30.8-40.8

14.4

11.1-18.5

10.2

7.4-13.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

270

26.0

20.4-32.4

16.6

11.7-23.1

24.7

19.5-30.8

21.0

16.0-27.0

11.7

8.2-16.4

Guilford

277

25.9

20.2-32.6

14.7

10.3-20.6

22.8

17.7-28.9

21.1

15.8-27.5

15.4

11.1-21.1

Mecklenburg

275

24.7

19.4-31.0

13.8

9.8-19.2

30.5

24.8-36.8

16.2

12.1-21.5

14.7

10.4-20.4

Orange

279

21.5

14.7-30.3

17.1

12.4-23.2

102

39.4

29.9-49.9

15.4

8.1-27.3

6.5

4.1-10.3

Wake

273

18.1

13.6-23.8

18.1

13.3-24.1

31.8

25.6-38.8

16.7

11.8-23.2

15.3

11.0-20.8

Chatham/Lee

240

22.0

16.7-28.4

10.8

7.2-15.9

22.7

17.4-29.1

20.4

15.1-27.0

24.0

17.5-32.0

Nash/Wilson

232

29.4

23.1-36.6

8.1

4.9-13.1

22.9

17.5-29.4

26.3

20.4-33.1

13.4

9.4-18.8

Craven/Pamlico

279

25.3

19.9-31.7

11.7

7.8-17.2

21.0

16.2-26.8

25.9

19.9-33.0

16.1

11.8-21.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

263

28.0

21.7-35.2

11.0

6.8-17.3

14.7

10.2-20.6

27.9

22.3-34.4

18.5

13.8-24.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

280

25.5

19.6-32.4

17.6

9.3-30.8

20.4

15.3-26.8

17.8

13.0-23.8

18.7

13.4-25.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

293

21.6

16.2-28.1

13.3

8.7-19.8

27.8

21.0-35.7

21.3

16.3-27.3

16.1

11.9-21.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

260

24.6

19.1-31.0

14.0

9.8-19.6

23.0

17.8-29.2

17.5

13.0-23.3

20.9

15.0-28.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

289

25.9

20.5-32.1

8.0

5.4-11.8

18.6

14.1-24.2

26.6

21.4-32.6

20.9

15.8-27.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

284

24.7

19.4-30.9

12.7

8.6-18.5

16.0

11.7-21.6

26.8

21.6-32.7

19.8

15.0-25.5

Northeast NC I

310

24.6

19.4-30.5

13.6

10.0-18.1

14.8

10.8-19.9

30.0

24.3-36.5

17.1

13.0-22.1

Northeast NC II

319

26.3

21.0-32.5

10.1

6.7-15.0

19.2

14.8-24.6

26.3

21.4-31.9

18.0

13.8-23.1

Northeastern Partnership

629

147

25.7

21.7-30.0

11.4

8.8-14.8

107

17.5

14.3-21.3

179

27.7

23.9-31.9

122

17.6

14.6-21.2

Mountain AHEC

797

193

24.9

21.1-29.2

106

11.5

9.0-14.7

209

29.0

24.8-33.6

153

18.5

15.1-22.5

136

16.1

13.2-19.5

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,092

500

26.3

23.3-29.6

218

10.6

8.7-12.9

428

22.1

19.4-25.1

558

23.5

20.6-26.5

388

17.5

14.8-20.5

Piedmont

2,462

560

23.1

20.8-25.5

334

13.8

12.0-16.0

625

25.1

22.7-27.6

523

20.5

18.4-22.8

420

17.4

15.4-19.7

Western NC

1,269

305

23.4

20.3-26.8

160

12.8

10.1-16.0

316

26.8

23.2-30.8

263

19.7

16.7-23.1

225

17.3

14.4-20.7

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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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