BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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: Alamance County

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
-Alamance County	324	45	12.4	9.0-16.8	67	21.8	16.9-27.5	91	27.6	22.4-33.6	121	38.2	32.3-44.5
GENDER
Male	101	16	13.9	8.2-22.7	22	22.8	14.8-33.5	28	28.1	19.2-39.3	35	35.1	25.4-46.2
Female	223	29	11.2	7.6-16.3	45	21.0	15.5-27.8	63	27.3	21.4-34.1	86	40.5	33.5-47.9
RACE
White	258	38	13.2	9.3-18.4	53	21.3	16.0-27.8	70	25.3	20.0-31.5	97	40.2	33.5-47.2
Other	64	7	9.9	4.3-21.4	13	21.5	12.1-35.4	21	36.3	23.2-51.8	23	32.3	20.6-46.6
AGE
18-44	118	17	12.4	7.5-20.0	31	29.7	20.9-40.3	36	29.3	20.6-39.8	34	28.6	20.3-38.7
45+	205	28	12.4	8.1-18.3	36	16.2	11.4-22.5	55	26.6	20.4-33.9	86	44.9	37.3-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	156	19	11.0	6.7-17.5	30	20.0	13.8-28.2	38	24.9	17.5-34.2	69	44.1	35.3-53.2
Some College +	167	26	13.6	8.9-20.3	36	23.0	16.2-31.5	53	30.2	23.1-38.4	52	33.2	25.4-41.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	193	32	14.7	10.1-21.1	38	21.0	15.1-28.4	51	26.1	19.2-34.5	72	38.1	30.5-46.3
$50,000+	72	9	10.3	4.8-20.7	13	20.3	11.1-34.1	26	33.7	23.1-46.3	24	35.7	24.3-49.1

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

-Alamance County

324

12.4

9.0-16.8

21.8

16.9-27.5

27.6

22.4-33.6

121

38.2

32.3-44.5

GENDER

Male

101

13.9

8.2-22.7

22.8

14.8-33.5

28.1

19.2-39.3

35.1

25.4-46.2

Female

223

11.2

7.6-16.3

21.0

15.5-27.8

27.3

21.4-34.1

40.5

33.5-47.9

RACE

White

258

13.2

9.3-18.4

21.3

16.0-27.8

25.3

20.0-31.5

40.2

33.5-47.2

Other

9.9

4.3-21.4

21.5

12.1-35.4

36.3

23.2-51.8

32.3

20.6-46.6

AGE

18-44

118

12.4

7.5-20.0

29.7

20.9-40.3

29.3

20.6-39.8

28.6

20.3-38.7

45+

205

12.4

8.1-18.3

16.2

11.4-22.5

26.6

20.4-33.9

44.9

37.3-52.7

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

156

11.0

6.7-17.5

20.0

13.8-28.2

24.9

17.5-34.2

44.1

35.3-53.2

Some College +

167

13.6

8.9-20.3

23.0

16.2-31.5

30.2

23.1-38.4

33.2

25.4-41.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

193

14.7

10.1-21.1

21.0

15.1-28.4

26.1

19.2-34.5

38.1

30.5-46.3

$50,000+

10.3

4.8-20.7

20.3

11.1-34.1

33.7

23.1-46.3

35.7

24.3-49.1

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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 (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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