BRFSS 2005 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	262	38	19.4	13.2-27.6	53	20.8	14.8-28.5	92	33.1	26.2-40.9	79	26.6	20.6-33.7
GENDER
Male	103	14	19.0	10.6-31.9	21	23.5	14.0-36.7	35	31.0	20.8-43.4	33	26.5	17.7-37.6
Female	159	24	19.9	12.1-30.9	32	17.8	12.3-25.1	57	35.6	27.2-45.0	46	26.8	19.4-35.8
RACE
White	222	31	18.5	12.2-26.9	47	22.8	15.9-31.5	78	33.2	25.7-41.8	66	25.5	19.3-32.9
Other	37	7	25.7	9.2-54.0	6	10.5	4.0-24.7	13	32.8	17.5-53.0	11	31.0	14.5-54.2
AGE
18-44	98	17	23.1	13.6-36.3	18	20.9	12.1-33.7	36	32.6	22.3-44.9	27	23.4	15.2-34.4
45+	164	21	14.5	9.2-22.0	35	20.7	14.8-28.2	56	33.9	26.5-42.1	52	30.9	23.6-39.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	99	20	24.5	14.6-38.2	13	18.5	9.0-34.3	33	31.0	19.7-45.1	33	26.0	17.0-37.5
Some College +	163	18	15.8	8.7-26.9	40	22.5	15.7-31.1	59	34.7	26.4-43.9	46	27.1	19.4-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	140	22	15.8	9.8-24.5	25	21.6	13.0-33.8	48	34.9	25.0-46.4	45	27.7	19.3-38.0
$50,000+	83	11	20.7	10.0-37.8	21	19.1	12.0-28.9	30	33.9	22.9-47.0	21	26.3	16.6-39.1

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

-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.

262

19.4

13.2-27.6

20.8

14.8-28.5

33.1

26.2-40.9

26.6

20.6-33.7

GENDER

Male

103

19.0

10.6-31.9

23.5

14.0-36.7

31.0

20.8-43.4

26.5

17.7-37.6

Female

159

19.9

12.1-30.9

17.8

12.3-25.1

35.6

27.2-45.0

26.8

19.4-35.8

RACE

White

222

18.5

12.2-26.9

22.8

15.9-31.5

33.2

25.7-41.8

25.5

19.3-32.9

Other

25.7

9.2-54.0

10.5

4.0-24.7

32.8

17.5-53.0

31.0

14.5-54.2

AGE

18-44

23.1

13.6-36.3

20.9

12.1-33.7

32.6

22.3-44.9

23.4

15.2-34.4

45+

164

14.5

9.2-22.0

20.7

14.8-28.2

33.9

26.5-42.1

30.9

23.6-39.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

24.5

14.6-38.2

18.5

9.0-34.3

31.0

19.7-45.1

26.0

17.0-37.5

Some College +

163

15.8

8.7-26.9

22.5

15.7-31.1

34.7

26.4-43.9

27.1

19.4-36.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

140

15.8

9.8-24.5

21.6

13.0-33.8

34.9

25.0-46.4

27.7

19.3-38.0

$50,000+

20.7

10.0-37.8

19.1

12.0-28.9

33.9

22.9-47.0

26.3

16.6-39.1

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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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