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-MALES

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	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
RACE
White	2,497	607	26.4	23.6-29.3	306	12.2	10.3-14.4	602	24.4	21.8-27.1	676	25.5	22.9-28.3	306	11.6	9.8-13.7
African American	578	121	22.2	17.3-27.9	63	9.4	6.6-13.1	115	23.6	18.4-29.9	183	30.5	25.1-36.4	96	14.4	10.7-19.0
Asian	23	4	25.3	7.9-57.4	1	6.1	0.8-33.9	6	19.5	5.4-50.8	3	3.0	0.8-10.6	9	46.1	19.7-74.8
Native American	78	18	24.2	10.6-46.3	6	14.7	2.9-49.7	22	19.6	10.2-34.1	21	30.7	16.2-50.2	11	10.9	4.5-23.8
Other Minorities	162	16	7.0	2.8-16.2	11	4.9	2.0-11.5	35	22.5	14.2-33.6	23	14.2	8.1-23.6	77	51.5	40.1-62.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	169	22	10.1	5.1-19.2	11	3.8	1.4-10.3	38	22.1	14.1-33.0	23	13.4	7.4-23.1	75	50.5	39.3-61.7
-English Speaking	53	17	41.5	21.7-64.5	6	4.0	1.2-12.4	14	23.9	10.8-45.0	10	16.7	5.8-39.6	6	13.8	4.4-36.1
-Spanish Speaking	116	5	1.2	0.5- 3.3	5	3.8	1.0-13.0	24	21.6	12.5-34.7	13	12.5	6.1-24.0	69	60.9	47.6-72.8
Non-Hispanic	3,183	747	25.4	23.0-28.0	377	11.7	10.1-13.6	747	24.1	21.8-26.5	885	26.2	23.9-28.6	427	12.6	10.9-14.5
AGE
18-24	212	68	31.8	23.3-41.8	20	11.0	6.1-19.0	59	27.6	19.6-37.3	46	20.9	14.1-29.9	19	8.7	4.8-15.0
25-34	520	133	26.8	21.4-33.0	61	8.9	6.3-12.4	125	22.9	17.9-28.8	121	20.6	16.2-25.9	80	20.8	15.5-27.2
35-44	668	144	20.2	16.3-24.9	94	14.7	11.3-18.9	162	25.7	21.3-30.6	179	25.2	20.6-30.3	89	14.2	10.6-18.8
45-54	672	168	22.4	18.1-27.4	76	12.9	9.1-17.9	164	24.1	19.6-29.3	186	27.5	22.8-32.9	78	13.0	9.2-18.1
55-64	570	124	22.7	18.2-27.9	70	9.6	6.8-13.3	137	24.2	19.6-29.5	155	27.8	22.7-33.5	84	15.7	11.8-20.6
65-74	438	86	23.9	18.4-30.6	41	7.7	5.0-11.5	83	17.2	12.8-22.7	143	30.7	25.0-37.1	85	20.5	15.2-27.0
75+	261	45	18.9	12.9-26.7	25	7.9	4.7-12.8	52	18.9	13.2-26.5	74	30.7	23.3-39.4	65	23.6	17.3-31.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	582	90	16.1	11.3-22.6	41	6.8	4.3-10.6	89	13.3	9.8-17.9	179	28.8	23.4-35.0	183	34.9	28.6-41.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	993	250	26.7	22.6-31.2	100	8.5	6.2-11.5	198	24.0	19.5-29.2	305	26.9	23.0-31.3	140	13.9	10.9-17.5
Some Post-H.S.	782	208	29.0	23.8-34.8	87	11.5	8.2-15.9	178	21.9	17.8-26.7	221	25.7	21.1-30.9	88	11.9	8.7-16.0
College Graduate	989	222	21.9	18.5-25.7	160	16.2	13.1-19.9	319	32.2	28.2-36.5	200	20.3	17.0-24.1	88	9.3	6.8-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	291	45	13.4	7.4-23.0	24	6.5	3.6-11.5	54	21.9	14.9-31.0	101	33.0	24.6-42.6	67	25.2	17.0-35.6
$15,000- 24,999	598	128	19.9	15.4-25.4	55	8.6	5.8-12.7	117	20.6	15.6-26.7	167	27.3	21.9-33.4	131	23.6	18.4-29.6
$25,000- 34,999	356	96	31.1	24.1-39.1	44	10.1	5.9-16.7	71	17.2	12.2-23.7	89	22.3	16.6-29.3	56	19.3	13.0-27.7
$35,000- 49,999	512	117	24.8	19.7-30.7	65	12.0	8.5-16.6	126	25.0	19.8-31.1	144	26.2	21.1-32.0	60	12.0	8.6-16.5
$50,000-74,999	428	96	24.2	18.1-31.6	67	15.2	11.1-20.5	115	25.4	19.9-31.8	111	23.2	17.6-29.9	39	12.0	7.8-18.2
$75,000+	491	102	18.4	14.5-23.2	87	18.4	13.5-24.6	175	37.6	31.4-44.2	93	18.4	13.9-23.8	34	7.2	4.3-12.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	176	34	20.6	14.4-28.7	26	15.6	10.1-23.3	48	27.8	20.7-36.3	43	23.4	16.9-31.4	25	12.6	7.8-19.7
Guilford	159	32	22.2	15.4-31.0	21	14.4	8.8-22.8	50	30.5	23.0-39.2	45	25.2	18.3-33.6	11	7.7	3.9-14.3
Mecklenburg	164	36	22.0	14.9-31.3	25	16.8	9.7-27.4	47	25.2	17.8-34.5	33	19.6	13.2-28.1	23	16.4	10.4-25.0
Orange	167	29	18.5	12.3-26.8	22	9.1	5.6-14.4	55	41.1	29.7-53.5	35	17.5	11.8-25.2	26	13.8	8.8-21.0
Wake	170	40	20.1	14.1-28.0	34	15.3	10.6-21.4	39	25.0	17.9-33.9	35	20.2	14.1-28.1	22	19.3	12.2-29.3
Chatham/Lee	148	30	18.9	12.1-28.3	13	6.4	3.3-11.9	36	25.1	17.1-35.2	40	29.8	20.4-41.4	29	19.8	13.3-28.3
Nash/Wilson	133	36	27.1	18.7-37.6	12	9.8	5.1-18.0	22	19.1	12.4-28.4	39	25.9	18.7-34.8	24	18.1	11.9-26.6
Craven/Pamlico	161	33	23.6	16.2-33.0	27	15.7	10.3-23.1	33	20.6	14.2-29.0	49	28.2	20.8-37.0	19	11.9	6.8-19.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	156	48	35.8	25.8-47.2	10	4.6	2.3- 9.0	17	9.6	5.8-15.5	59	35.5	27.2-44.8	22	14.5	9.3-21.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	162	39	25.7	18.7-34.3	19	10.0	6.2-15.8	34	21.9	15.0-30.7	50	33.4	25.3-42.6	20	9.0	5.6-14.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	170	37	21.2	13.6-31.5	19	7.9	4.3-14.1	28	28.2	13.5-49.6	58	29.2	19.6-41.0	28	13.5	8.4-21.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	159	28	14.5	8.0-24.8	21	23.9	8.4-51.8	56	25.0	15.9-37.1	29	13.8	8.0-22.6	25	22.8	9.5-45.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	169	46	25.1	18.4-33.2	19	10.7	6.7-16.8	35	22.6	15.9-31.1	46	28.7	21.4-37.3	23	12.9	7.9-20.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	122	33	27.7	19.1-38.3	10	13.0	5.0-29.8	18	15.7	8.5-27.0	35	26.8	18.5-37.1	26	16.9	11.0-25.1
Northeast NC I	138	29	21.3	13.6-31.8	16	10.8	6.2-18.2	34	25.1	17.0-35.4	31	17.5	11.6-25.5	28	25.3	13.4-42.6
Northeast NC II	179	45	25.9	18.8-34.5	14	8.5	4.7-14.7	45	27.4	20.2-36.0	51	23.6	17.6-31.0	24	14.6	9.0-22.8
Northeastern Partnership	317	74	24.5	18.8-31.1	30	9.2	6.1-13.7	79	26.7	20.9-33.3	82	21.7	17.0-27.2	52	18.0	12.1-25.9
Mountain AHEC	480	92	24.5	17.3-33.5	64	13.4	9.3-19.0	139	25.2	20.0-31.1	118	24.7	19.6-30.7	67	12.2	8.6-17.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,120	273	24.7	20.6-29.3	123	11.0	8.3-14.5	232	21.8	18.1-26.1	314	25.9	21.9-30.4	178	16.6	13.2-20.5
Piedmont	1,479	337	23.7	20.7-27.0	178	11.1	9.0-13.6	355	24.9	21.8-28.4	393	24.8	21.8-28.0	216	15.5	12.9-18.5
Western NC	756	161	25.0	19.4-31.5	87	11.0	7.7-15.4	198	24.1	19.9-28.9	202	25.2	20.9-30.1	108	14.7	10.9-19.7

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

DNK/Not sure

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

RACE

White

2,497

607

26.4

23.6-29.3

306

12.2

10.3-14.4

602

24.4

21.8-27.1

676

25.5

22.9-28.3

306

11.6

9.8-13.7

African American

578

121

22.2

17.3-27.9

9.4

6.6-13.1

115

23.6

18.4-29.9

183

30.5

25.1-36.4

14.4

10.7-19.0

Asian

25.3

7.9-57.4

6.1

0.8-33.9

19.5

5.4-50.8

3.0

0.8-10.6

46.1

19.7-74.8

Native American

24.2

10.6-46.3

14.7

2.9-49.7

19.6

10.2-34.1

30.7

16.2-50.2

10.9

4.5-23.8

Other Minorities

162

7.0

2.8-16.2

4.9

2.0-11.5

22.5

14.2-33.6

14.2

8.1-23.6

51.5

40.1-62.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

169

10.1

5.1-19.2

3.8

1.4-10.3

22.1

14.1-33.0

13.4

7.4-23.1

50.5

39.3-61.7

-English Speaking

41.5

21.7-64.5

4.0

1.2-12.4

23.9

10.8-45.0

16.7

5.8-39.6

13.8

4.4-36.1

-Spanish Speaking

116

1.2

0.5- 3.3

3.8

1.0-13.0

21.6

12.5-34.7

12.5

6.1-24.0

60.9

47.6-72.8

Non-Hispanic

3,183

747

25.4

23.0-28.0

377

11.7

10.1-13.6

747

24.1

21.8-26.5

885

26.2

23.9-28.6

427

12.6

10.9-14.5

AGE

18-24

212

31.8

23.3-41.8

11.0

6.1-19.0

27.6

19.6-37.3

20.9

14.1-29.9

8.7

4.8-15.0

25-34

520

133

26.8

21.4-33.0

8.9

6.3-12.4

125

22.9

17.9-28.8

121

20.6

16.2-25.9

20.8

15.5-27.2

35-44

668

144

20.2

16.3-24.9

14.7

11.3-18.9

162

25.7

21.3-30.6

179

25.2

20.6-30.3

14.2

10.6-18.8

45-54

672

168

22.4

18.1-27.4

12.9

9.1-17.9

164

24.1

19.6-29.3

186

27.5

22.8-32.9

13.0

9.2-18.1

55-64

570

124

22.7

18.2-27.9

9.6

6.8-13.3

137

24.2

19.6-29.5

155

27.8

22.7-33.5

15.7

11.8-20.6

65-74

438

23.9

18.4-30.6

7.7

5.0-11.5

17.2

12.8-22.7

143

30.7

25.0-37.1

20.5

15.2-27.0

75+

261

18.9

12.9-26.7

7.9

4.7-12.8

18.9

13.2-26.5

30.7

23.3-39.4

23.6

17.3-31.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

582

16.1

11.3-22.6

6.8

4.3-10.6

13.3

9.8-17.9

179

28.8

23.4-35.0

183

34.9

28.6-41.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

993

250

26.7

22.6-31.2

100

8.5

6.2-11.5

198

24.0

19.5-29.2

305

26.9

23.0-31.3

140

13.9

10.9-17.5

Some Post-H.S.

782

208

29.0

23.8-34.8

11.5

8.2-15.9

178

21.9

17.8-26.7

221

25.7

21.1-30.9

11.9

8.7-16.0

College Graduate

989

222

21.9

18.5-25.7

160

16.2

13.1-19.9

319

32.2

28.2-36.5

200

20.3

17.0-24.1

9.3

6.8-12.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

291

13.4

7.4-23.0

6.5

3.6-11.5

21.9

14.9-31.0

101

33.0

24.6-42.6

25.2

17.0-35.6

$15,000- 24,999

598

128

19.9

15.4-25.4

8.6

5.8-12.7

117

20.6

15.6-26.7

167

27.3

21.9-33.4

131

23.6

18.4-29.6

$25,000- 34,999

356

31.1

24.1-39.1

10.1

5.9-16.7

17.2

12.2-23.7

22.3

16.6-29.3

19.3

13.0-27.7

$35,000- 49,999

512

117

24.8

19.7-30.7

12.0

8.5-16.6

126

25.0

19.8-31.1

144

26.2

21.1-32.0

12.0

8.6-16.5

$50,000-74,999

428

24.2

18.1-31.6

15.2

11.1-20.5

115

25.4

19.9-31.8

111

23.2

17.6-29.9

12.0

7.8-18.2

$75,000+

491

102

18.4

14.5-23.2

18.4

13.5-24.6

175

37.6

31.4-44.2

18.4

13.9-23.8

7.2

4.3-12.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

176

20.6

14.4-28.7

15.6

10.1-23.3

27.8

20.7-36.3

23.4

16.9-31.4

12.6

7.8-19.7

Guilford

159

22.2

15.4-31.0

14.4

8.8-22.8

30.5

23.0-39.2

25.2

18.3-33.6

7.7

3.9-14.3

Mecklenburg

164

22.0

14.9-31.3

16.8

9.7-27.4

25.2

17.8-34.5

19.6

13.2-28.1

16.4

10.4-25.0

Orange

167

18.5

12.3-26.8

9.1

5.6-14.4

41.1

29.7-53.5

17.5

11.8-25.2

13.8

8.8-21.0

Wake

170

20.1

14.1-28.0

15.3

10.6-21.4

25.0

17.9-33.9

20.2

14.1-28.1

19.3

12.2-29.3

Chatham/Lee

148

18.9

12.1-28.3

6.4

3.3-11.9

25.1

17.1-35.2

29.8

20.4-41.4

19.8

13.3-28.3

Nash/Wilson

133

27.1

18.7-37.6

9.8

5.1-18.0

19.1

12.4-28.4

25.9

18.7-34.8

18.1

11.9-26.6

Craven/Pamlico

161

23.6

16.2-33.0

15.7

10.3-23.1

20.6

14.2-29.0

28.2

20.8-37.0

11.9

6.8-19.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

156

35.8

25.8-47.2

4.6

2.3- 9.0

9.6

5.8-15.5

35.5

27.2-44.8

14.5

9.3-21.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

162

25.7

18.7-34.3

10.0

6.2-15.8

21.9

15.0-30.7

33.4

25.3-42.6

9.0

5.6-14.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

170

21.2

13.6-31.5

7.9

4.3-14.1

28.2

13.5-49.6

29.2

19.6-41.0

13.5

8.4-21.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

159

14.5

8.0-24.8

23.9

8.4-51.8

25.0

15.9-37.1

13.8

8.0-22.6

22.8

9.5-45.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

169

25.1

18.4-33.2

10.7

6.7-16.8

22.6

15.9-31.1

28.7

21.4-37.3

12.9

7.9-20.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

122

27.7

19.1-38.3

13.0

5.0-29.8

15.7

8.5-27.0

26.8

18.5-37.1

16.9

11.0-25.1

Northeast NC I

138

21.3

13.6-31.8

10.8

6.2-18.2

25.1

17.0-35.4

17.5

11.6-25.5

25.3

13.4-42.6

Northeast NC II

179

25.9

18.8-34.5

8.5

4.7-14.7

27.4

20.2-36.0

23.6

17.6-31.0

14.6

9.0-22.8

Northeastern Partnership

317

24.5

18.8-31.1

9.2

6.1-13.7

26.7

20.9-33.3

21.7

17.0-27.2

18.0

12.1-25.9

Mountain AHEC

480

24.5

17.3-33.5

13.4

9.3-19.0

139

25.2

20.0-31.1

118

24.7

19.6-30.7

12.2

8.6-17.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,120

273

24.7

20.6-29.3

123

11.0

8.3-14.5

232

21.8

18.1-26.1

314

25.9

21.9-30.4

178

16.6

13.2-20.5

Piedmont

1,479

337

23.7

20.7-27.0

178

11.1

9.0-13.6

355

24.9

21.8-28.4

393

24.8

21.8-28.0

216

15.5

12.9-18.5

Western NC

756

161

25.0

19.4-31.5

11.0

7.7-15.4

198

24.1

19.9-28.9

202

25.2

20.9-30.1

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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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