BRFSS 2004 - Catawba 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: Catawba 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
-Catawba County	282	49	15.5	11.4-20.7	63	26.6	20.3-34.0	97	32.2	26.3-38.6	73	25.8	20.4-32.1
GENDER
Male	115	18	13.3	8.1-21.1	23	24.7	15.3-37.2	35	28.3	20.2-38.2	39	33.7	24.7-44.1
Female	167	31	17.9	12.2-25.5	40	28.7	21.4-37.3	62	36.4	28.8-44.8	34	17.0	12.0-23.7
RACE
White	265	46	15.8	11.5-21.4	61	27.4	20.8-35.1	91	31.4	25.5-38.0	67	25.3	19.8-31.8
Other	16	3	11.2	3.2-32.4	1	4.2	0.6-25.6	6	47.8	23.0-73.8	6	36.8	15.5-64.9
AGE
18-44	116	23	19.6	12.6-29.2	30	32.3	21.7-45.0	36	26.3	18.6-35.9	27	21.8	14.5-31.5
45+	163	25	11.9	7.8-17.7	32	21.2	14.9-29.3	60	37.3	29.3-46.0	46	29.7	22.3-38.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	21	13.6	8.3-21.6	28	27.0	17.2-39.6	39	24.4	17.2-33.5	46	35.0	25.9-45.4
Some College +	147	28	17.5	11.9-25.2	35	26.5	19.3-35.2	57	38.9	30.8-47.8	27	17.0	11.4-24.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	163	33	18.4	12.5-26.3	35	27.5	18.6-38.7	46	24.4	17.7-32.5	49	29.7	22.1-38.6
$50,000+	66	5	6.7	2.7-15.5	11	16.2	9.0-27.5	37	56.4	43.3-68.7	13	20.7	11.6-34.0

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

-Catawba County

282

15.5

11.4-20.7

26.6

20.3-34.0

32.2

26.3-38.6

25.8

20.4-32.1

GENDER

Male

115

13.3

8.1-21.1

24.7

15.3-37.2

28.3

20.2-38.2

33.7

24.7-44.1

Female

167

17.9

12.2-25.5

28.7

21.4-37.3

36.4

28.8-44.8

17.0

12.0-23.7

RACE

White

265

15.8

11.5-21.4

27.4

20.8-35.1

31.4

25.5-38.0

25.3

19.8-31.8

Other

11.2

3.2-32.4

4.2

0.6-25.6

47.8

23.0-73.8

36.8

15.5-64.9

AGE

18-44

116

19.6

12.6-29.2

32.3

21.7-45.0

26.3

18.6-35.9

21.8

14.5-31.5

45+

163

11.9

7.8-17.7

21.2

14.9-29.3

37.3

29.3-46.0

29.7

22.3-38.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

134

13.6

8.3-21.6

27.0

17.2-39.6

24.4

17.2-33.5

35.0

25.9-45.4

Some College +

147

17.5

11.9-25.2

26.5

19.3-35.2

38.9

30.8-47.8

17.0

11.4-24.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

163

18.4

12.5-26.3

27.5

18.6-38.7

24.4

17.7-32.5

29.7

22.1-38.6

$50,000+

6.7

2.7-15.5

16.2

9.0-27.5

56.4

43.3-68.7

20.7

11.6-34.0

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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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