BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	261	45	15.7	11.1-21.9	61	25.5	19.1-33.2	68	25.5	19.8-32.3	87	33.2	26.8-40.3
GENDER
Male	95	19	18.0	10.4-29.3	18	24.7	14.6-38.7	20	20.4	12.3-31.8	38	36.9	26.5-48.7
Female	166	26	13.7	8.9-20.5	43	26.2	19.2-34.8	48	30.2	22.9-38.6	49	29.9	22.4-38.7
RACE
White	171	34	17.5	12.1-24.6	39	22.7	16.4-30.5	40	23.3	16.9-31.1	58	36.6	28.6-45.4
Other	89	11	13.2	6.2-26.1	22	29.9	18.1-45.1	27	28.5	18.5-41.1	29	28.4	18.9-40.4
AGE
18-44	103	17	15.9	9.0-26.6	25	27.7	17.7-40.5	33	30.6	21.3-41.8	28	25.8	17.2-36.8
45+	157	28	15.7	10.5-22.9	36	23.5	16.5-32.4	35	20.5	14.5-28.1	58	40.3	31.9-49.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	18	11.4	7.0-17.9	33	28.8	20.4-39.1	30	21.5	14.2-31.2	59	38.3	29.5-47.9
Some College +	121	27	20.7	12.8-31.7	28	21.7	12.9-34.3	38	30.2	21.6-40.3	28	27.4	18.6-38.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	155	27	13.8	9.1-20.3	36	25.0	17.3-34.7	40	25.6	18.2-34.9	52	35.6	27.0-45.2
$50,000+	73	15	20.7	10.9-35.5	22	34.5	21.3-50.5	20	24.9	15.7-37.2	16	20.0	11.9-31.6

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

-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

261

15.7

11.1-21.9

25.5

19.1-33.2

25.5

19.8-32.3

33.2

26.8-40.3

GENDER

Male

18.0

10.4-29.3

24.7

14.6-38.7

20.4

12.3-31.8

36.9

26.5-48.7

Female

166

13.7

8.9-20.5

26.2

19.2-34.8

30.2

22.9-38.6

29.9

22.4-38.7

RACE

White

171

17.5

12.1-24.6

22.7

16.4-30.5

23.3

16.9-31.1

36.6

28.6-45.4

Other

13.2

6.2-26.1

29.9

18.1-45.1

28.5

18.5-41.1

28.4

18.9-40.4

AGE

18-44

103

15.9

9.0-26.6

27.7

17.7-40.5

30.6

21.3-41.8

25.8

17.2-36.8

45+

157

15.7

10.5-22.9

23.5

16.5-32.4

20.5

14.5-28.1

40.3

31.9-49.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

140

11.4

7.0-17.9

28.8

20.4-39.1

21.5

14.2-31.2

38.3

29.5-47.9

Some College +

121

20.7

12.8-31.7

21.7

12.9-34.3

30.2

21.6-40.3

27.4

18.6-38.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

155

13.8

9.1-20.3

25.0

17.3-34.7

25.6

18.2-34.9

35.6

27.0-45.2

$50,000+

20.7

10.9-35.5

34.5

21.3-50.5

24.9

15.7-37.2

20.0

11.9-31.6

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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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