BRFSS 2004 - Davidson 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: Davidson 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
-Davidson County	307	49	15.9	11.5-21.6	52	17.7	13.0-23.7	76	27.3	21.2-34.3	130	39.1	32.8-45.7
GENDER
Male	123	18	14.7	8.8-23.5	22	18.1	11.1-28.1	24	24.3	15.4-36.1	59	43.0	33.1-53.5
Female	184	31	17.3	11.5-25.1	30	17.3	11.7-24.8	52	30.5	23.2-38.9	71	34.9	27.7-42.9
RACE
White	276	44	15.5	11.0-21.5	44	16.6	11.7-22.9	66	27.1	20.7-34.5	122	40.8	34.1-47.9
Other	31	5	19.9	7.9-41.7	8	28.1	13.4-49.8	10	29.2	14.4-50.3	8	22.7	10.5-42.5
AGE
18-44	116	25	20.9	13.4-31.2	21	18.1	11.4-27.6	34	29.4	19.4-41.8	36	31.6	22.3-42.6
45+	188	24	12.1	7.6-18.7	31	17.6	11.4-26.1	42	25.9	19.1-34.2	91	44.4	36.3-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	26	15.7	10.0-23.6	25	14.5	9.5-21.6	37	24.8	16.9-34.8	88	45.0	36.3-54.1
Some College +	131	23	16.3	10.2-25.0	27	22.3	14.1-33.2	39	30.8	22.1-41.0	42	30.7	22.4-40.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	147	23	16.8	10.2-26.6	21	14.1	8.8-21.7	39	28.7	19.4-40.3	64	40.4	31.0-50.6
$50,000+	81	18	20.5	12.3-32.1	13	19.5	10.2-34.1	24	32.0	21.2-45.1	26	28.0	18.5-40.1

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

-Davidson County

307

15.9

11.5-21.6

17.7

13.0-23.7

27.3

21.2-34.3

130

39.1

32.8-45.7

GENDER

Male

123

14.7

8.8-23.5

18.1

11.1-28.1

24.3

15.4-36.1

43.0

33.1-53.5

Female

184

17.3

11.5-25.1

17.3

11.7-24.8

30.5

23.2-38.9

34.9

27.7-42.9

RACE

White

276

15.5

11.0-21.5

16.6

11.7-22.9

27.1

20.7-34.5

122

40.8

34.1-47.9

Other

19.9

7.9-41.7

28.1

13.4-49.8

29.2

14.4-50.3

22.7

10.5-42.5

AGE

18-44

116

20.9

13.4-31.2

18.1

11.4-27.6

29.4

19.4-41.8

31.6

22.3-42.6

45+

188

12.1

7.6-18.7

17.6

11.4-26.1

25.9

19.1-34.2

44.4

36.3-52.7

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

176

15.7

10.0-23.6

14.5

9.5-21.6

24.8

16.9-34.8

45.0

36.3-54.1

Some College +

131

16.3

10.2-25.0

22.3

14.1-33.2

30.8

22.1-41.0

30.7

22.4-40.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

147

16.8

10.2-26.6

14.1

8.8-21.7

28.7

19.4-40.3

40.4

31.0-50.6

$50,000+

20.5

12.3-32.1

19.5

10.2-34.1

32.0

21.2-45.1

28.0

18.5-40.1

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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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