BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	343	49	13.8	10.1-18.6	78	20.7	16.2-25.9	117	36.6	30.8-42.8	99	29.0	23.7-34.8
GENDER
Male	141	19	11.7	7.1-18.6	25	19.4	13.0-28.0	49	36.4	27.9-45.9	48	32.4	24.4-41.7
Female	202	30	16.1	10.8-23.3	53	22.0	16.5-28.6	68	36.7	29.2-44.8	51	25.3	19.2-32.5
RACE
White	301	40	13.4	9.5-18.5	71	21.1	16.4-26.7	108	38.2	32.0-44.9	82	27.3	21.9-33.6
Other	42	9	17.3	8.1-33.4	7	17.5	7.4-35.9	9	22.9	11.2-41.3	17	42.3	26.5-59.9
AGE
18-44	146	21	15.9	10.0-24.3	37	22.3	15.6-30.9	50	36.5	27.9-46.1	38	25.3	18.2-34.1
45+	197	28	12.0	7.9-17.7	41	19.2	13.9-25.9	67	36.6	29.1-44.9	61	32.2	25.1-40.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	171	23	12.6	7.9-19.3	34	18.1	12.4-25.7	57	34.0	26.3-42.6	57	35.3	27.5-44.1
Some College +	171	26	15.1	9.8-22.6	43	22.7	16.5-30.5	60	39.3	30.9-48.3	42	22.9	16.6-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	185	32	17.5	11.9-25.0	36	17.9	12.5-24.9	55	30.1	22.9-38.4	62	34.6	27.0-43.0
$50,000+	86	9	8.3	3.9-16.8	17	16.5	9.8-26.4	40	51.3	39.3-63.1	20	23.9	15.0-35.9

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

-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

343

13.8

10.1-18.6

20.7

16.2-25.9

117

36.6

30.8-42.8

29.0

23.7-34.8

GENDER

Male

141

11.7

7.1-18.6

19.4

13.0-28.0

36.4

27.9-45.9

32.4

24.4-41.7

Female

202

16.1

10.8-23.3

22.0

16.5-28.6

36.7

29.2-44.8

25.3

19.2-32.5

RACE

White

301

13.4

9.5-18.5

21.1

16.4-26.7

108

38.2

32.0-44.9

27.3

21.9-33.6

Other

17.3

8.1-33.4

17.5

7.4-35.9

22.9

11.2-41.3

42.3

26.5-59.9

AGE

18-44

146

15.9

10.0-24.3

22.3

15.6-30.9

36.5

27.9-46.1

25.3

18.2-34.1

45+

197

12.0

7.9-17.7

19.2

13.9-25.9

36.6

29.1-44.9

32.2

25.1-40.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

171

12.6

7.9-19.3

18.1

12.4-25.7

34.0

26.3-42.6

35.3

27.5-44.1

Some College +

171

15.1

9.8-22.6

22.7

16.5-30.5

39.3

30.9-48.3

22.9

16.6-30.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

185

17.5

11.9-25.0

17.9

12.5-24.9

30.1

22.9-38.4

34.6

27.0-43.0

$50,000+

8.3

3.9-16.8

16.5

9.8-26.4

51.3

39.3-63.1

23.9

15.0-35.9

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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 (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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