BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	320	45	12.5	9.1-16.9	71	22.0	17.4-27.5	99	30.3	25.0-36.1	105	35.2	29.4-41.5
GENDER
Male	121	13	9.3	5.2-16.1	19	16.3	10.4-24.7	38	31.2	23.1-40.8	51	43.1	33.6-53.1
Female	199	32	15.6	10.8-21.9	52	27.6	21.2-35.0	61	29.3	23.0-36.6	54	27.5	21.3-34.8
RACE
White	249	35	13.0	9.1-18.2	59	23.8	18.4-30.1	78	30.8	24.8-37.4	77	32.5	26.3-39.2
Other	69	9	9.8	4.8-18.9	11	15.6	8.2-27.8	21	29.2	18.6-42.6	28	45.4	31.7-59.8
AGE
18-44	118	17	12.7	7.7-20.2	33	28.3	20.1-38.2	38	28.0	20.2-37.4	30	31.0	21.6-42.3
45+	200	28	12.4	8.2-18.3	37	17.5	12.5-23.9	60	31.8	24.9-39.4	75	38.3	31.1-46.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	26	14.1	9.4-20.7	33	22.2	15.6-30.6	31	22.0	15.4-30.5	58	41.7	32.8-51.2
Some College +	171	19	11.1	6.8-17.6	38	22.0	15.9-29.5	68	37.8	30.2-46.1	46	29.1	22.0-37.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	25	12.9	8.4-19.1	37	19.5	13.9-26.6	45	24.3	18.0-32.0	71	43.4	35.1-52.0
$50,000+	66	12	18.7	10.4-31.3	12	19.8	11.1-32.7	33	49.4	36.6-62.4	9	12.1	6.1-22.5

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

-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

320

12.5

9.1-16.9

22.0

17.4-27.5

30.3

25.0-36.1

105

35.2

29.4-41.5

GENDER

Male

121

9.3

5.2-16.1

16.3

10.4-24.7

31.2

23.1-40.8

43.1

33.6-53.1

Female

199

15.6

10.8-21.9

27.6

21.2-35.0

29.3

23.0-36.6

27.5

21.3-34.8

RACE

White

249

13.0

9.1-18.2

23.8

18.4-30.1

30.8

24.8-37.4

32.5

26.3-39.2

Other

9.8

4.8-18.9

15.6

8.2-27.8

29.2

18.6-42.6

45.4

31.7-59.8

AGE

18-44

118

12.7

7.7-20.2

28.3

20.1-38.2

28.0

20.2-37.4

31.0

21.6-42.3

45+

200

12.4

8.2-18.3

17.5

12.5-23.9

31.8

24.9-39.4

38.3

31.1-46.0

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

148

14.1

9.4-20.7

22.2

15.6-30.6

22.0

15.4-30.5

41.7

32.8-51.2

Some College +

171

11.1

6.8-17.6

22.0

15.9-29.5

37.8

30.2-46.1

29.1

22.0-37.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

178

12.9

8.4-19.1

19.5

13.9-26.6

24.3

18.0-32.0

43.4

35.1-52.0

$50,000+

18.7

10.4-31.3

19.8

11.1-32.7

49.4

36.6-62.4

12.1

6.1-22.5

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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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