BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.84. 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?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Tobacco Use Prevention

States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.84. 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	9,491	1,384	14.4	13.4-15.3	2,073	22.5	21.4-23.8	3,435	37.1	35.8-38.5	2,599	26.0	24.8-27.2
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	281	38	12.4	8.6-17.6	49	16.5	12.1-22.1	117	42.5	35.5-49.9	77	28.6	22.2-36.0
GENDER
Male	100	17	14.0	8.0-23.5	17	13.5	7.6-23.0	35	41.0	29.5-53.5	31	31.4	20.9-44.3
Female	181	21	10.8	6.8-16.8	32	19.3	13.7-26.6	82	44.0	36.1-52.1	46	25.9	19.2-34.0
RACE
White	252	34	12.5	8.5-18.1	47	17.5	12.7-23.6	103	40.8	33.5-48.6	68	29.1	22.3-37.1
Other	29	4	10.9	3.7-27.9	2	6.6	1.6-23.4	14	59.2	38.5-77.0	9	23.3	11.3-42.1
AGE
18-44	98	13	12.0	6.4-21.5	15	14.3	8.1-24.1	44	43.6	31.9-56.1	26	30.1	19.4-43.4
45+	183	25	12.7	8.2-19.0	34	18.4	13.0-25.6	73	41.6	33.7-49.9	51	27.3	20.6-35.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	19	11.6	6.6-19.6	22	14.1	8.6-22.2	53	38.9	29.2-49.5	51	35.4	26.4-45.5
Some College +	136	19	13.3	8.2-20.9	27	19.4	13.0-28.0	64	46.9	36.9-57.1	26	20.4	11.9-32.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	29	14.5	9.5-21.4	34	18.2	12.3-26.0	61	37.1	28.2-47.1	52	30.2	22.4-39.3
$50,000+	75	8	12.1	5.5-24.6	14	17.2	10.1-27.8	41	55.8	43.3-67.5	12	14.9	8.0-26.3

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

9,491

1,384

14.4

13.4-15.3

2,073

22.5

21.4-23.8

3,435

37.1

35.8-38.5

2,599

26.0

24.8-27.2

-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

281

12.4

8.6-17.6

16.5

12.1-22.1

117

42.5

35.5-49.9

28.6

22.2-36.0

GENDER

Male

100

14.0

8.0-23.5

13.5

7.6-23.0

41.0

29.5-53.5

31.4

20.9-44.3

Female

181

10.8

6.8-16.8

19.3

13.7-26.6

44.0

36.1-52.1

25.9

19.2-34.0

RACE

White

252

12.5

8.5-18.1

17.5

12.7-23.6

103

40.8

33.5-48.6

29.1

22.3-37.1

Other

10.9

3.7-27.9

6.6

1.6-23.4

59.2

38.5-77.0

23.3

11.3-42.1

AGE

18-44

12.0

6.4-21.5

14.3

8.1-24.1

43.6

31.9-56.1

30.1

19.4-43.4

45+

183

12.7

8.2-19.0

18.4

13.0-25.6

41.6

33.7-49.9

27.3

20.6-35.2

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

145

11.6

6.6-19.6

14.1

8.6-22.2

38.9

29.2-49.5

35.4

26.4-45.5

Some College +

136

13.3

8.2-20.9

19.4

13.0-28.0

46.9

36.9-57.1

20.4

11.9-32.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

176

14.5

9.5-21.4

18.2

12.3-26.0

37.1

28.2-47.1

30.2

22.4-39.3

$50,000+

12.1

5.5-24.6

17.2

10.1-27.8

55.8

43.3-67.5

14.9

8.0-26.3

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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