BRFSS 2004 - Pitt 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	305	50	16.0	12.0-20.9	56	17.0	12.8-22.2	98	31.4	25.9-37.5	101	35.6	29.6-42.2
GENDER
Male	120	17	12.8	7.9-20.3	19	15.7	9.7-24.3	38	30.7	22.5-40.3	46	40.8	31.4-51.0
Female	185	33	19.4	13.8-26.5	37	18.5	13.4-25.1	60	32.2	25.3-39.9	55	30.0	23.1-37.9
RACE
White	213	35	17.6	12.7-24.0	47	19.0	14.1-25.0	63	29.9	23.5-37.2	68	33.4	26.7-41.0
Other	90	15	13.1	7.5-21.9	9	13.6	6.7-25.4	33	32.8	22.8-44.6	33	40.6	29.1-53.3
AGE
18-44	153	23	15.2	10.1-22.4	29	17.9	12.0-25.9	57	34.2	26.4-43.0	44	32.6	24.4-42.0
45+	151	27	16.9	11.4-24.5	27	16.2	10.8-23.5	41	28.4	20.9-37.3	56	38.5	29.9-47.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	21	16.0	10.2-24.4	16	16.3	9.6-26.2	24	20.7	13.4-30.5	49	47.0	36.4-57.8
Some College +	195	29	15.9	11.0-22.5	40	17.5	12.7-23.7	74	38.9	31.6-46.8	52	27.7	21.0-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	32	18.6	12.9-26.0	21	14.8	9.1-23.1	39	24.0	17.2-32.5	58	42.6	33.5-52.4
$50,000+	99	16	18.4	11.4-28.4	19	15.9	10.1-24.1	41	40.0	30.2-50.7	23	25.6	17.2-36.4

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

-Pitt County

305

16.0

12.0-20.9

17.0

12.8-22.2

31.4

25.9-37.5

101

35.6

29.6-42.2

GENDER

Male

120

12.8

7.9-20.3

15.7

9.7-24.3

30.7

22.5-40.3

40.8

31.4-51.0

Female

185

19.4

13.8-26.5

18.5

13.4-25.1

32.2

25.3-39.9

30.0

23.1-37.9

RACE

White

213

17.6

12.7-24.0

19.0

14.1-25.0

29.9

23.5-37.2

33.4

26.7-41.0

Other

13.1

7.5-21.9

13.6

6.7-25.4

32.8

22.8-44.6

40.6

29.1-53.3

AGE

18-44

153

15.2

10.1-22.4

17.9

12.0-25.9

34.2

26.4-43.0

32.6

24.4-42.0

45+

151

16.9

11.4-24.5

16.2

10.8-23.5

28.4

20.9-37.3

38.5

29.9-47.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

110

16.0

10.2-24.4

16.3

9.6-26.2

20.7

13.4-30.5

47.0

36.4-57.8

Some College +

195

15.9

11.0-22.5

17.5

12.7-23.7

38.9

31.6-46.8

27.7

21.0-35.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

150

18.6

12.9-26.0

14.8

9.1-23.1

24.0

17.2-32.5

42.6

33.5-52.4

$50,000+

18.4

11.4-28.4

15.9

10.1-24.1

40.0

30.2-50.7

25.6

17.2-36.4

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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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