BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I	307	50	16.0	11.7-21.5	56	17.9	13.6-23.3	82	29.1	23.4-35.5	119	37.0	31.1-43.3
GENDER
Male	105	19	20.1	12.4-30.7	14	12.2	6.9-20.8	25	24.1	16.0-34.5	47	43.6	33.5-54.3
Female	202	31	12.8	8.7-18.3	42	22.5	16.5-29.8	57	33.0	25.7-41.3	72	31.7	25.2-39.1
RACE
White	142	19	13.4	8.3-21.1	23	15.1	9.8-22.7	45	35.0	26.4-44.7	55	36.4	28.1-45.7
Other	163	31	18.3	12.1-26.7	33	20.4	14.3-28.4	37	24.6	17.6-33.4	62	36.7	28.7-45.4
AGE
18-44	106	17	15.4	8.9-25.5	25	24.3	16.4-34.5	33	32.0	22.7-43.0	31	28.3	19.8-38.7
45+	201	33	16.4	11.3-23.3	31	13.3	9.1-19.0	49	26.9	20.2-34.8	88	43.4	35.8-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	186	28	15.1	9.8-22.7	35	17.4	12.3-24.2	44	25.5	18.8-33.5	79	42.0	34.0-50.3
Some College +	121	22	17.2	10.9-26.2	21	18.6	11.9-28.0	38	34.1	24.9-44.8	40	30.0	21.9-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	194	37	18.8	13.0-26.5	28	14.7	9.9-21.1	51	28.1	21.1-36.3	78	38.4	30.9-46.5
$50,000+	42	7	15.8	7.0-31.9	8	24.0	12.2-41.9	14	32.4	19.1-49.2	13	27.8	15.9-43.8

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

-NE Partnership I

307

16.0

11.7-21.5

17.9

13.6-23.3

29.1

23.4-35.5

119

37.0

31.1-43.3

GENDER

Male

105

20.1

12.4-30.7

12.2

6.9-20.8

24.1

16.0-34.5

43.6

33.5-54.3

Female

202

12.8

8.7-18.3

22.5

16.5-29.8

33.0

25.7-41.3

31.7

25.2-39.1

RACE

White

142

13.4

8.3-21.1

15.1

9.8-22.7

35.0

26.4-44.7

36.4

28.1-45.7

Other

163

18.3

12.1-26.7

20.4

14.3-28.4

24.6

17.6-33.4

36.7

28.7-45.4

AGE

18-44

106

15.4

8.9-25.5

24.3

16.4-34.5

32.0

22.7-43.0

28.3

19.8-38.7

45+

201

16.4

11.3-23.3

13.3

9.1-19.0

26.9

20.2-34.8

43.4

35.8-51.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

186

15.1

9.8-22.7

17.4

12.3-24.2

25.5

18.8-33.5

42.0

34.0-50.3

Some College +

121

17.2

10.9-26.2

18.6

11.9-28.0

34.1

24.9-44.8

30.0

21.9-39.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

194

18.8

13.0-26.5

14.7

9.9-21.1

28.1

21.1-36.3

38.4

30.9-46.5

$50,000+

15.8

7.0-31.9

24.0

12.2-41.9

32.4

19.1-49.2

27.8

15.9-43.8

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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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