BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	302	40	15.4	11.1-21.1	59	19.3	14.8-24.7	107	35.4	29.5-41.8	96	29.9	24.5-36.0
GENDER
Male	123	22	17.8	11.4-26.8	20	15.8	10.0-24.2	40	33.8	25.1-43.7	41	32.6	24.3-42.0
Female	179	18	13.0	7.9-20.7	39	22.7	16.6-30.2	67	37.0	29.4-45.3	55	27.3	20.6-35.1
RACE
White	249	30	14.8	10.0-21.2	53	21.0	15.9-27.1	90	35.5	29.0-42.5	76	28.8	23.0-35.5
Other	53	10	18.1	9.5-31.8	6	12.4	5.3-26.5	17	35.2	22.0-51.1	20	34.3	21.9-49.3
AGE
18-44	116	17	17.2	10.5-26.8	30	26.0	18.2-35.7	38	32.6	23.9-42.6	31	24.2	16.8-33.7
45+	185	23	14.2	9.0-21.7	29	14.3	9.7-20.6	69	37.8	30.0-46.2	64	33.7	26.4-41.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	19	12.6	7.9-19.6	27	18.2	12.2-26.3	54	34.8	26.9-43.6	57	34.4	26.7-43.0
Some College +	145	21	18.2	11.6-27.5	32	20.3	14.3-28.1	53	36.0	27.6-45.3	39	25.5	18.3-34.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	26	17.9	11.8-26.2	32	18.3	12.6-25.8	51	30.0	22.8-38.2	67	33.8	26.6-41.9
$50,000+	68	7	11.1	5.2-21.9	12	16.3	9.3-27.1	34	47.6	35.1-60.4	15	25.0	15.3-38.1

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

-Gaston County

302

15.4

11.1-21.1

19.3

14.8-24.7

107

35.4

29.5-41.8

29.9

24.5-36.0

GENDER

Male

123

17.8

11.4-26.8

15.8

10.0-24.2

33.8

25.1-43.7

32.6

24.3-42.0

Female

179

13.0

7.9-20.7

22.7

16.6-30.2

37.0

29.4-45.3

27.3

20.6-35.1

RACE

White

249

14.8

10.0-21.2

21.0

15.9-27.1

35.5

29.0-42.5

28.8

23.0-35.5

Other

18.1

9.5-31.8

12.4

5.3-26.5

35.2

22.0-51.1

34.3

21.9-49.3

AGE

18-44

116

17.2

10.5-26.8

26.0

18.2-35.7

32.6

23.9-42.6

24.2

16.8-33.7

45+

185

14.2

9.0-21.7

14.3

9.7-20.6

37.8

30.0-46.2

33.7

26.4-41.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

157

12.6

7.9-19.6

18.2

12.2-26.3

34.8

26.9-43.6

34.4

26.7-43.0

Some College +

145

18.2

11.6-27.5

20.3

14.3-28.1

36.0

27.6-45.3

25.5

18.3-34.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

176

17.9

11.8-26.2

18.3

12.6-25.8

30.0

22.8-38.2

33.8

26.6-41.9

$50,000+

11.1

5.2-21.9

16.3

9.3-27.1

47.6

35.1-60.4

25.0

15.3-38.1

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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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