BRFSS 2004 - Onslow 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: Onslow 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
-Onslow County	311	44	15.1	10.9-20.6	70	19.4	15.3-24.4	102	32.5	26.9-38.5	95	32.9	27.2-39.3
GENDER
Male	123	19	16.2	9.8-25.6	20	14.9	9.5-22.6	39	30.9	22.9-40.3	45	37.9	28.8-47.9
Female	188	25	14.0	9.3-20.6	50	23.9	18.1-30.9	63	34.0	26.8-42.0	50	28.1	21.4-35.8
RACE
White	229	31	13.2	9.1-18.8	52	19.8	15.0-25.6	77	33.9	27.5-41.0	69	33.1	26.5-40.5
Other	80	13	20.6	11.1-35.1	18	19.0	11.4-30.0	25	29.3	19.3-41.8	24	31.1	20.6-44.0
AGE
18-44	155	23	16.9	10.8-25.6	38	20.2	14.5-27.5	55	35.5	27.6-44.2	39	27.4	20.0-36.2
45+	154	21	13.3	8.5-20.4	32	18.9	13.3-26.3	47	29.6	22.3-38.3	54	38.1	29.6-47.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	27	23.7	15.8-33.9	24	14.6	9.7-21.5	39	31.0	22.9-40.3	43	30.7	22.8-39.9
Some College +	178	17	8.7	5.3-14.0	46	23.0	17.1-30.3	63	33.6	26.3-41.8	52	34.6	26.8-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	186	34	20.8	14.4-29.0	36	16.1	11.4-22.2	64	34.7	27.4-42.7	52	28.5	21.5-36.6
$50,000+	70	4	5.2	1.9-13.5	18	23.8	14.8-36.0	25	35.9	24.5-49.1	23	35.1	23.6-48.7

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

-Onslow County

311

15.1

10.9-20.6

19.4

15.3-24.4

102

32.5

26.9-38.5

32.9

27.2-39.3

GENDER

Male

123

16.2

9.8-25.6

14.9

9.5-22.6

30.9

22.9-40.3

37.9

28.8-47.9

Female

188

14.0

9.3-20.6

23.9

18.1-30.9

34.0

26.8-42.0

28.1

21.4-35.8

RACE

White

229

13.2

9.1-18.8

19.8

15.0-25.6

33.9

27.5-41.0

33.1

26.5-40.5

Other

20.6

11.1-35.1

19.0

11.4-30.0

29.3

19.3-41.8

31.1

20.6-44.0

AGE

18-44

155

16.9

10.8-25.6

20.2

14.5-27.5

35.5

27.6-44.2

27.4

20.0-36.2

45+

154

13.3

8.5-20.4

18.9

13.3-26.3

29.6

22.3-38.3

38.1

29.6-47.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

133

23.7

15.8-33.9

14.6

9.7-21.5

31.0

22.9-40.3

30.7

22.8-39.9

Some College +

178

8.7

5.3-14.0

23.0

17.1-30.3

33.6

26.3-41.8

34.6

26.8-43.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

186

20.8

14.4-29.0

16.1

11.4-22.2

34.7

27.4-42.7

28.5

21.5-36.6

$50,000+

5.2

1.9-13.5

23.8

14.8-36.0

35.9

24.5-49.1

35.1

23.6-48.7

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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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