BRFSS 2004 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	290	50	16.9	12.6-22.4	61	19.8	15.1-25.4	106	36.4	30.4-42.9	73	26.9	21.5-33.0
GENDER
Male	113	13	11.7	6.7-19.8	18	16.6	10.2-25.9	47	41.1	31.5-51.4	35	30.6	22.1-40.6
Female	177	37	21.8	15.6-29.6	43	22.7	16.6-30.2	59	32.1	25.1-39.9	38	23.4	17.1-31.2
RACE
White	244	41	16.5	11.8-22.4	49	18.4	13.7-24.4	91	37.5	31.0-44.6	63	27.6	21.7-34.3
Other	45	9	19.4	10.1-34.2	12	26.3	14.0-43.9	14	30.3	17.2-47.7	10	24.0	12.3-41.5
AGE
18-44	108	15	13.1	7.7-21.3	23	19.7	12.5-29.8	50	48.1	37.7-58.7	20	19.1	12.2-28.7
45+	180	34	19.2	13.4-26.8	38	20.0	14.3-27.2	55	28.4	21.8-36.1	53	32.4	25.1-40.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	18	17.8	10.7-28.0	21	17.1	10.6-26.5	35	32.1	23.0-42.9	32	32.9	23.5-44.0
Some College +	184	32	16.4	11.4-23.0	40	21.4	15.4-28.9	71	39.1	31.5-47.2	41	23.1	17.0-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	154	27	18.4	12.5-26.3	34	20.1	13.6-28.6	52	33.5	25.5-42.4	41	28.0	20.6-36.9
$50,000+	83	12	13.4	7.4-23.0	16	19.2	11.8-29.7	37	42.7	31.9-54.3	18	24.7	15.8-36.5

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

-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.

290

16.9

12.6-22.4

19.8

15.1-25.4

106

36.4

30.4-42.9

26.9

21.5-33.0

GENDER

Male

113

11.7

6.7-19.8

16.6

10.2-25.9

41.1

31.5-51.4

30.6

22.1-40.6

Female

177

21.8

15.6-29.6

22.7

16.6-30.2

32.1

25.1-39.9

23.4

17.1-31.2

RACE

White

244

16.5

11.8-22.4

18.4

13.7-24.4

37.5

31.0-44.6

27.6

21.7-34.3

Other

19.4

10.1-34.2

26.3

14.0-43.9

30.3

17.2-47.7

24.0

12.3-41.5

AGE

18-44

108

13.1

7.7-21.3

19.7

12.5-29.8

48.1

37.7-58.7

19.1

12.2-28.7

45+

180

19.2

13.4-26.8

20.0

14.3-27.2

28.4

21.8-36.1

32.4

25.1-40.7

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

106

17.8

10.7-28.0

17.1

10.6-26.5

32.1

23.0-42.9

32.9

23.5-44.0

Some College +

184

16.4

11.4-23.0

21.4

15.4-28.9

39.1

31.5-47.2

23.1

17.0-30.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

154

18.4

12.5-26.3

20.1

13.6-28.6

33.5

25.5-42.4

28.0

20.6-36.9

$50,000+

13.4

7.4-23.0

19.2

11.8-29.7

42.7

31.9-54.3

24.7

15.8-36.5

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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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