BRFSS 2004 - Orange 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: Orange 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
-Orange County	347	32	10.1	6.9-14.6	79	24.5	19.5-30.2	180	49.6	43.7-55.5	56	15.8	11.8-20.7
GENDER
Male	128	12	9.7	5.2-17.4	28	26.1	18.1-36.2	65	47.1	37.8-56.6	23	17.1	11.0-25.5
Female	219	20	10.5	6.6-16.5	51	23.1	17.5-29.7	115	51.7	44.4-59.0	33	14.6	10.0-21.0
RACE
White	281	26	10.3	6.8-15.3	60	22.2	17.2-28.2	154	53.5	46.9-60.0	41	14.0	9.9-19.4
Other	63	5	9.0	3.4-21.8	17	31.9	19.3-47.7	26	36.0	24.1-50.0	15	23.1	13.5-36.8
AGE
18-44	166	19	13.0	8.0-20.3	43	27.0	19.8-35.6	83	46.5	38.2-55.0	21	13.5	8.7-20.5
45+	180	13	7.2	3.9-12.9	35	21.6	15.3-29.4	97	53.0	44.8-61.2	35	18.2	12.5-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	65	6	8.5	3.5-19.3	13	27.2	15.5-43.1	21	32.4	21.2-46.1	25	31.9	21.1-45.0
Some College +	282	26	10.6	6.9-15.8	66	23.8	18.6-29.9	159	54.0	47.4-60.5	31	11.6	7.8-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	128	12	11.5	6.2-20.3	31	25.2	17.3-35.1	55	40.3	31.2-50.1	30	23.0	15.7-32.4
$50,000+	152	10	7.7	4.0-14.2	33	21.9	15.5-29.9	95	60.8	51.9-69.0	14	9.7	5.3-16.9

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

-Orange County

347

10.1

6.9-14.6

24.5

19.5-30.2

180

49.6

43.7-55.5

15.8

11.8-20.7

GENDER

Male

128

9.7

5.2-17.4

26.1

18.1-36.2

47.1

37.8-56.6

17.1

11.0-25.5

Female

219

10.5

6.6-16.5

23.1

17.5-29.7

115

51.7

44.4-59.0

14.6

10.0-21.0

RACE

White

281

10.3

6.8-15.3

22.2

17.2-28.2

154

53.5

46.9-60.0

14.0

9.9-19.4

Other

9.0

3.4-21.8

31.9

19.3-47.7

36.0

24.1-50.0

23.1

13.5-36.8

AGE

18-44

166

13.0

8.0-20.3

27.0

19.8-35.6

46.5

38.2-55.0

13.5

8.7-20.5

45+

180

7.2

3.9-12.9

21.6

15.3-29.4

53.0

44.8-61.2

18.2

12.5-25.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

8.5

3.5-19.3

27.2

15.5-43.1

32.4

21.2-46.1

31.9

21.1-45.0

Some College +

282

10.6

6.9-15.8

23.8

18.6-29.9

159

54.0

47.4-60.5

11.6

7.8-17.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

128

11.5

6.2-20.3

25.2

17.3-35.1

40.3

31.2-50.1

23.0

15.7-32.4

$50,000+

152

7.7

4.0-14.2

21.9

15.5-29.9

60.8

51.9-69.0

9.7

5.3-16.9

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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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