BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.59. and the NC tax is 5 cents. <br>How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if a considerable portion of the money raised was used to fund smoking pr evention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Tobacco Use Prevention

States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.59. and the NC tax is 5 cents.
How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if a considerable portion of the money raised was used to fund smoking pre vention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?

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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49	$0.50-$1.00	>$1.00	No tax
North Carolina	11,949	1,696	14.3	13.5-15.1	2,587	21.5	20.6-22.5	4,030	34.6	33.5-35.7	3,636	29.6	28.5-30.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	297	39	12.0	8.6-16.6	64	22.6	17.4-28.8	101	34.2	27.5-41.7	93	31.1	25.1-37.8
GENDER
Male	111	11	8.7	4.6-15.9	27	25.1	16.8-35.8	28	28.2	17.7-41.9	45	38.0	27.8-49.3
Female	186	28	15.5	10.6-22.0	37	20.0	14.5-26.8	73	40.4	32.9-48.3	48	24.2	18.2-31.3
RACE
White	282	38	13.1	9.4-18.1	62	24.1	18.7-30.4	95	31.1	25.5-37.3	87	31.7	25.7-38.3
Other	14	1	2.2	0.3-15.6	1	6.5	0.8-37.0	6	64.3	30.9-87.9	6	27.0	8.5-59.6
AGE
18-44	116	14	10.7	6.2-17.9	28	26.4	18.0-36.9	44	35.8	26.8-45.9	30	27.1	18.5-37.8
45+	181	25	13.0	8.4-19.5	36	20.0	14.0-27.8	57	33.2	23.9-44.0	63	33.9	25.9-42.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	22	12.8	8.0-19.8	27	15.9	10.4-23.6	43	32.5	22.6-44.2	65	38.8	29.8-48.6
Some College +	140	17	11.1	6.8-17.6	37	31.1	22.8-40.9	58	36.5	28.3-45.5	28	21.3	14.2-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	185	23	11.5	7.4-17.5	35	19.1	13.3-26.6	59	35.5	26.4-45.9	68	33.8	26.2-42.4
$50,000+	56	9	16.3	8.5-29.2	13	25.5	15.0-39.9	25	39.9	27.5-53.6	9	18.3	9.4-32.7

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

11,949

1,696

14.3

13.5-15.1

2,587

21.5

20.6-22.5

4,030

34.6

33.5-35.7

3,636

29.6

28.5-30.6

-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

297

12.0

8.6-16.6

22.6

17.4-28.8

101

34.2

27.5-41.7

31.1

25.1-37.8

GENDER

Male

111

8.7

4.6-15.9

25.1

16.8-35.8

28.2

17.7-41.9

38.0

27.8-49.3

Female

186

15.5

10.6-22.0

20.0

14.5-26.8

40.4

32.9-48.3

24.2

18.2-31.3

RACE

White

282

13.1

9.4-18.1

24.1

18.7-30.4

31.1

25.5-37.3

31.7

25.7-38.3

Other

2.2

0.3-15.6

6.5

0.8-37.0

64.3

30.9-87.9

27.0

8.5-59.6

AGE

18-44

116

10.7

6.2-17.9

26.4

18.0-36.9

35.8

26.8-45.9

27.1

18.5-37.8

45+

181

13.0

8.4-19.5

20.0

14.0-27.8

33.2

23.9-44.0

33.9

25.9-42.9

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

157

12.8

8.0-19.8

15.9

10.4-23.6

32.5

22.6-44.2

38.8

29.8-48.6

Some College +

140

11.1

6.8-17.6

31.1

22.8-40.9

36.5

28.3-45.5

21.3

14.2-30.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

185

11.5

7.4-17.5

19.1

13.3-26.6

35.5

26.4-45.9

33.8

26.2-42.4

$50,000+

16.3

8.5-29.2

25.5

15.0-39.9

39.9

27.5-53.6

18.3

9.4-32.7

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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 (MAHEC): 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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