BRFSS 2004 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	355	35	9.4	6.6-13.2	89	25.4	20.3-31.4	136	40.5	34.5-46.7	95	24.7	20.0-30.2
GENDER
Male	137	10	7.1	3.7-13.1	38	28.1	19.9-38.0	46	37.0	28.1-46.8	43	27.8	20.3-36.9
Female	218	25	11.8	7.8-17.5	51	22.5	17.1-29.0	90	44.3	37.0-51.8	52	21.4	16.2-27.7
RACE
White	291	30	10.0	6.8-14.3	74	25.5	20.3-31.6	110	38.0	31.9-44.4	77	26.5	21.1-32.8
Other	62	5	7.4	2.8-18.5	15	25.6	13.2-43.8	25	49.4	33.8-65.1	17	17.6	9.8-29.6
AGE
18-44	116	14	9.7	5.4-16.8	31	26.3	17.3-37.8	44	41.1	30.7-52.4	27	22.9	15.0-33.3
45+	238	21	9.2	5.8-14.2	57	24.6	18.8-31.3	92	40.2	33.4-47.4	68	26.1	20.5-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	19	13.2	8.1-20.7	26	21.4	13.1-32.8	44	32.6	23.7-43.1	49	32.8	24.1-42.9
Some College +	216	16	6.8	4.0-11.4	63	28.3	22.1-35.5	92	46.0	38.6-53.6	45	18.8	13.8-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	184	23	11.2	7.1-17.3	40	22.9	15.6-32.2	65	40.3	31.6-49.6	56	25.6	19.1-33.4
$50,000+	97	7	6.9	3.2-14.2	25	24.2	16.1-34.6	46	47.7	37.2-58.3	19	21.2	13.7-31.5

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

-Chatham/Lee/Moore

355

9.4

6.6-13.2

25.4

20.3-31.4

136

40.5

34.5-46.7

24.7

20.0-30.2

GENDER

Male

137

7.1

3.7-13.1

28.1

19.9-38.0

37.0

28.1-46.8

27.8

20.3-36.9

Female

218

11.8

7.8-17.5

22.5

17.1-29.0

44.3

37.0-51.8

21.4

16.2-27.7

RACE

White

291

10.0

6.8-14.3

25.5

20.3-31.6

110

38.0

31.9-44.4

26.5

21.1-32.8

Other

7.4

2.8-18.5

25.6

13.2-43.8

49.4

33.8-65.1

17.6

9.8-29.6

AGE

18-44

116

9.7

5.4-16.8

26.3

17.3-37.8

41.1

30.7-52.4

22.9

15.0-33.3

45+

238

9.2

5.8-14.2

24.6

18.8-31.3

40.2

33.4-47.4

26.1

20.5-32.6

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

138

13.2

8.1-20.7

21.4

13.1-32.8

32.6

23.7-43.1

32.8

24.1-42.9

Some College +

216

6.8

4.0-11.4

28.3

22.1-35.5

46.0

38.6-53.6

18.8

13.8-25.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

184

11.2

7.1-17.3

22.9

15.6-32.2

40.3

31.6-49.6

25.6

19.1-33.4

$50,000+

6.9

3.2-14.2

24.2

16.1-34.6

47.7

37.2-58.3

21.2

13.7-31.5

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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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