BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	313	48	15.4	11.5-20.3	68	20.7	16.2-26.1	113	36.1	30.4-42.3	84	27.8	22.6-33.7
GENDER
Male	124	17	12.9	7.9-20.4	20	17.2	11.0-25.7	44	35.3	26.8-44.8	43	34.7	26.2-44.2
Female	189	31	17.7	12.4-24.8	48	24.2	18.1-31.4	69	37.0	29.6-45.0	41	21.1	15.5-28.1
RACE
White	278	47	17.1	12.7-22.5	63	21.2	16.4-27.0	96	34.7	28.7-41.2	72	27.1	21.6-33.3
Other	33	1	3.0	0.4-18.4	5	18.2	7.6-37.5	15	43.7	26.7-62.4	12	35.1	19.7-54.4
AGE
18-44	114	18	15.4	9.7-23.5	27	22.3	15.1-31.7	44	37.8	28.6-47.9	25	24.5	16.8-34.4
45+	199	30	15.3	10.5-21.9	41	19.7	14.3-26.5	69	35.1	28.0-42.9	59	29.9	23.3-37.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	19	15.1	9.3-23.6	29	26.5	18.3-36.8	29	27.4	19.0-37.7	32	31.0	22.2-41.5
Some College +	204	29	15.5	10.7-21.9	39	17.5	12.6-23.9	84	40.9	33.7-48.6	52	26.0	19.9-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	179	34	17.7	12.4-24.5	36	19.6	13.8-27.1	56	30.7	23.6-38.8	53	32.1	24.9-40.2
$50,000+	77	8	11.1	5.4-21.3	14	19.0	11.2-30.4	39	51.2	39.4-63.0	16	18.7	11.2-29.4

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

-Buncombe County

313

15.4

11.5-20.3

20.7

16.2-26.1

113

36.1

30.4-42.3

27.8

22.6-33.7

GENDER

Male

124

12.9

7.9-20.4

17.2

11.0-25.7

35.3

26.8-44.8

34.7

26.2-44.2

Female

189

17.7

12.4-24.8

24.2

18.1-31.4

37.0

29.6-45.0

21.1

15.5-28.1

RACE

White

278

17.1

12.7-22.5

21.2

16.4-27.0

34.7

28.7-41.2

27.1

21.6-33.3

Other

3.0

0.4-18.4

18.2

7.6-37.5

43.7

26.7-62.4

35.1

19.7-54.4

AGE

18-44

114

15.4

9.7-23.5

22.3

15.1-31.7

37.8

28.6-47.9

24.5

16.8-34.4

45+

199

15.3

10.5-21.9

19.7

14.3-26.5

35.1

28.0-42.9

29.9

23.3-37.5

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

109

15.1

9.3-23.6

26.5

18.3-36.8

27.4

19.0-37.7

31.0

22.2-41.5

Some College +

204

15.5

10.7-21.9

17.5

12.6-23.9

40.9

33.7-48.6

26.0

19.9-33.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

179

17.7

12.4-24.5

19.6

13.8-27.1

30.7

23.6-38.8

32.1

24.9-40.2

$50,000+

11.1

5.4-21.3

19.0

11.2-30.4

51.2

39.4-63.0

18.7

11.2-29.4

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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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