BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	227	35	14.6	9.9-20.9	45	18.4	13.3-24.9	55	31.1	23.5-39.9	92	35.9	28.7-43.8
GENDER
Male	92	11	10.7	5.4-20.1	12	14.0	7.8-23.9	26	36.4	25.0-49.6	43	38.8	28.0-50.9
Female	135	24	19.6	12.6-29.2	33	24.1	16.8-33.3	29	24.2	16.5-34.0	49	32.1	24.1-41.3
RACE
White	198	33	15.3	10.2-22.3	38	18.2	12.8-25.3	44	28.2	20.3-37.8	83	38.3	30.3-46.9
Other	29	2	9.8	2.4-33.0	7	19.7	8.4-39.6	11	49.6	29.6-69.7	9	20.9	10.1-38.3
AGE
18-44	92	13	13.4	7.2-23.5	18	17.8	10.8-27.8	29	39.3	27.8-52.2	32	29.6	20.1-41.1
45+	135	22	16.2	10.4-24.4	27	19.3	12.9-27.8	26	19.9	13.4-28.5	60	44.6	35.2-54.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	144	25	15.9	10.0-24.5	26	17.8	11.5-26.5	31	29.1	19.6-40.8	62	37.2	28.2-47.2
Some College +	83	10	12.3	6.0-23.4	19	19.4	11.8-30.3	24	34.5	22.9-48.2	30	33.8	22.7-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	142	23	13.1	8.3-20.2	26	18.2	11.7-27.2	33	34.8	24.5-46.7	60	33.8	25.2-43.8
$50,000+	60	9	15.9	7.9-29.4	15	21.8	12.8-34.7	15	25.8	15.1-40.6	21	36.4	23.9-51.2

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

-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

227

14.6

9.9-20.9

18.4

13.3-24.9

31.1

23.5-39.9

35.9

28.7-43.8

GENDER

Male

10.7

5.4-20.1

14.0

7.8-23.9

36.4

25.0-49.6

38.8

28.0-50.9

Female

135

19.6

12.6-29.2

24.1

16.8-33.3

24.2

16.5-34.0

32.1

24.1-41.3

RACE

White

198

15.3

10.2-22.3

18.2

12.8-25.3

28.2

20.3-37.8

38.3

30.3-46.9

Other

9.8

2.4-33.0

19.7

8.4-39.6

49.6

29.6-69.7

20.9

10.1-38.3

AGE

18-44

13.4

7.2-23.5

17.8

10.8-27.8

39.3

27.8-52.2

29.6

20.1-41.1

45+

135

16.2

10.4-24.4

19.3

12.9-27.8

19.9

13.4-28.5

44.6

35.2-54.4

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

144

15.9

10.0-24.5

17.8

11.5-26.5

29.1

19.6-40.8

37.2

28.2-47.2

Some College +

12.3

6.0-23.4

19.4

11.8-30.3

34.5

22.9-48.2

33.8

22.7-47.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

142

13.1

8.3-20.2

18.2

11.7-27.2

34.8

24.5-46.7

33.8

25.2-43.8

$50,000+

15.9

7.9-29.4

21.8

12.8-34.7

25.8

15.1-40.6

36.4

23.9-51.2

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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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