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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Tax-WHITES

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 363 125 35.8 28.3-44.0 52 15.1 10.0-22.2 88 22.0 15.9-29.6 61 15.9 10.8-22.6 37 11.2 7.1-17.3
25-34 931 274 30.0 25.6-34.8 136 13.4 10.6-16.7 252 25.7 21.7-30.2 173 19.5 16.0-23.7 96 11.4 8.4-15.2
35-44 1,245 326 25.4 22.1-29.0 190 16.4 13.6-19.5 357 29.7 26.2-33.5 263 20.3 17.1-23.8 109 8.2 6.4-10.6
45-54 1,302 344 25.6 22.2-29.4 152 11.4 8.7-14.7 328 25.0 21.6-28.8 314 24.1 20.7-28.0 164 13.9 11.1-17.2
55-64 1,152 247 22.4 19.0-26.3 154 12.5 10.0-15.4 277 23.3 20.0-27.1 282 25.0 21.3-29.1 192 16.8 13.9-20.1
65-74 981 173 20.9 17.2-25.1 113 10.1 7.8-12.9 203 21.2 17.7-25.3 285 26.9 23.1-31.0 207 21.0 17.5-25.0
75+ 737 131 18.2 14.6-22.5 52 6.6 4.5- 9.5 128 17.8 14.1-22.2 192 28.9 24.2-34.1 234 28.5 24.1-33.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 887 158 22.7 17.8-28.4 60 6.6 4.5- 9.5 143 14.6 11.6-18.3 275 31.7 26.9-36.9 251 24.5 20.5-28.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,953 511 26.5 23.6-29.7 207 11.3 9.2-13.9 346 19.2 16.2-22.6 529 26.3 23.4-29.5 360 16.6 14.2-19.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,750 467 29.3 25.8-33.2 205 12.6 10.1-15.6 419 24.0 20.9-27.3 431 20.8 17.9-24.0 228 13.3 10.8-16.2
College Graduate 2,144 491 23.6 21.1-26.4 380 16.7 14.5-19.2 731 33.6 30.8-36.6 342 16.9 14.6-19.4 200 9.1 7.5-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 109 14.2 10.7-18.6 51 7.4 5.0-10.8 121 21.1 16.5-26.6 199 34.6 28.6-41.1 154 22.7 18.1-28.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,076 273 25.9 21.7-30.6 131 11.4 8.7-14.8 196 18.2 14.7-22.4 268 27.4 23.1-32.2 208 17.0 13.6-21.1
$25,000- 34,999 729 194 31.9 26.5-37.8 103 12.9 9.4-17.4 167 18.3 14.6-22.6 172 23.5 19.0-28.7 93 13.5 9.8-18.3
$35,000- 49,999 978 259 26.5 22.6-30.8 130 12.9 10.2-16.3 260 27.7 23.5-32.3 213 20.8 17.2-24.9 116 12.1 9.4-15.5
$50,000-74,999 832 205 28.1 23.4-33.2 136 16.4 13.1-20.2 230 26.2 22.1-30.7 170 18.4 14.6-22.9 91 11.0 8.4-14.3
$75,000+ 1,007 212 19.6 16.5-23.1 182 18.8 15.2-22.9 364 36.4 32.1-40.9 160 16.6 13.4-20.3 89 8.7 6.3-11.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 395 91 24.6 19.9-30.0 61 15.8 11.7-21.0 106 27.6 22.7-33.2 85 20.9 16.6-26.0 52 11.0 8.2-14.7
Guilford 305 70 23.1 18.0-29.2 43 15.3 10.7-21.4 92 28.8 23.3-35.1 63 21.7 16.7-27.7 37 11.0 7.6-15.7
Mecklenburg 286 70 26.2 20.0-33.7 48 19.4 13.2-27.7 97 31.5 24.9-38.9 37 12.6 8.6-17.9 34 10.3 7.0-14.7
Orange 366 67 20.0 14.6-26.9 73 15.2 11.5-19.8 134 40.6 32.9-48.8 61 18.6 12.4-27.0 31 5.6 3.7- 8.2
Wake 320 73 22.0 17.1-27.7 63 18.6 14.2-23.9 90 28.5 23.2-34.3 58 19.2 14.5-24.9 36 11.8 8.2-16.7
Chatham/Lee 282 69 25.6 19.5-32.8 33 11.1 7.7-15.9 67 23.9 18.1-30.9 64 23.6 18.1-30.1 49 15.8 11.5-21.2
Nash/Wilson 228 74 36.5 28.9-44.9 17 7.5 4.3-12.7 50 21.4 16.0-28.1 48 18.8 13.8-25.1 39 15.7 11.2-21.5
Craven/Pamlico 341 79 24.6 19.3-30.8 47 14.6 10.6-19.7 76 20.9 16.5-26.2 82 23.6 18.7-29.5 57 16.2 12.0-21.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 390 107 32.5 26.2-39.5 29 6.3 4.3- 9.3 50 12.1 8.9-16.3 136 33.2 28.0-38.9 68 15.8 12.2-20.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 422 108 25.3 20.6-30.6 47 14.5 8.9-22.7 94 21.0 16.6-26.3 103 24.8 19.9-30.3 70 14.4 10.8-19.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 283 65 25.6 19.2-33.2 31 11.7 7.4-18.0 60 20.6 14.7-28.1 88 30.8 24.0-38.4 39 11.4 7.9-16.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 361 80 22.5 17.3-28.7 49 14.0 10.0-19.3 106 29.5 24.3-35.3 72 19.2 14.9-24.5 54 14.7 10.7-20.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 195 47 22.3 16.5-29.3 23 10.6 6.8-16.1 40 23.4 16.8-31.5 57 30.5 23.5-38.5 28 13.3 8.6-20.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 253 63 30.5 24.0-37.9 26 11.8 7.7-17.7 41 14.9 10.6-20.6 73 26.2 20.6-32.8 50 16.6 12.4-21.8
Northeast NC I 206 47 25.6 19.0-33.7 33 15.0 10.5-21.1 35 18.7 13.2-25.9 51 22.7 17.1-29.5 40 17.9 12.7-24.6
Northeast NC II 339 86 27.5 22.1-33.7 31 9.8 6.6-14.2 77 24.4 19.3-30.4 90 23.2 18.6-28.5 55 15.0 10.9-20.5
Northeastern Partnership 545 133 27.0 22.6-32.0 64 11.1 8.4-14.6 112 23.0 18.8-27.7 141 23.1 19.3-27.3 95 15.8 12.3-20.0
Mountain AHEC 1,141 262 26.2 21.6-31.4 152 12.0 9.6-14.8 315 26.9 23.4-30.7 238 21.5 18.2-25.2 174 13.5 11.1-16.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,007 505 27.3 24.0-30.8 227 12.1 9.9-14.8 428 22.3 19.4-25.4 502 22.8 19.8-26.1 345 15.5 13.1-18.3
Piedmont 2,895 690 25.6 23.3-28.0 402 13.3 11.6-15.3 741 25.2 22.9-27.6 656 22.3 20.2-24.6 406 13.6 11.9-15.5
Western NC 1,846 434 24.9 21.5-28.6 223 11.8 9.6-14.5 470 25.2 22.4-28.3 424 22.7 20.0-25.8 295 15.3 12.9-18.0

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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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