BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (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?)

	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
-Gaston County	255	32	14.7	8.3-24.6	57	28.2	20.1-37.9	100	34.3	27.3-42.0	66	22.9	17.0-30.1
GENDER
Male	97	12	18.6	8.0-37.5	20	27.3	14.7-45.1	38	29.6	19.8-41.9	27	24.5	15.1-37.1
Female	158	20	10.7	6.7-16.5	37	29.1	21.2-38.4	62	39.0	30.7-48.0	39	21.2	15.1-29.1
RACE
White	225	29	14.2	7.5-25.4	51	30.3	21.4-41.1	89	35.0	27.3-43.5	56	20.5	14.7-27.7
Other	30	3	17.9	5.4-45.4	6	14.0	5.7-30.2	11	29.5	14.6-50.6	10	38.7	20.0-61.3
AGE
18-44	92	7	13.0	4.2-33.8	29	36.2	22.8-52.1	39	32.0	21.6-44.7	17	18.8	10.6-31.2
45+	162	25	16.7	10.7-24.9	28	19.2	13.2-27.1	61	36.9	29.1-45.4	48	27.3	20.5-35.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	17	13.6	7.7-23.0	29	32.6	20.2-48.0	43	27.2	19.0-37.3	40	26.6	17.7-37.9
Some College +	126	15	15.8	6.0-35.7	28	23.4	15.4-33.8	57	41.9	31.0-53.6	26	18.9	12.2-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	20	11.3	6.5-18.9	31	35.1	22.9-49.6	49	28.2	20.1-38.1	44	25.4	17.3-35.5
$50,000+	74	7	9.3	4.2-19.3	20	23.4	14.6-35.3	35	47.0	34.6-59.9	12	20.3	10.7-35.0

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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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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49			$0.50-$1.00			>$1.00			No tax
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	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
-Gaston County	255	32	14.7	8.3-24.6	57	28.2	20.1-37.9	100	34.3	27.3-42.0	66	22.9	17.0-30.1
GENDER
Male	97	12	18.6	8.0-37.5	20	27.3	14.7-45.1	38	29.6	19.8-41.9	27	24.5	15.1-37.1
Female	158	20	10.7	6.7-16.5	37	29.1	21.2-38.4	62	39.0	30.7-48.0	39	21.2	15.1-29.1
RACE
White	225	29	14.2	7.5-25.4	51	30.3	21.4-41.1	89	35.0	27.3-43.5	56	20.5	14.7-27.7
Other	30	3	17.9	5.4-45.4	6	14.0	5.7-30.2	11	29.5	14.6-50.6	10	38.7	20.0-61.3
AGE
18-44	92	7	13.0	4.2-33.8	29	36.2	22.8-52.1	39	32.0	21.6-44.7	17	18.8	10.6-31.2
45+	162	25	16.7	10.7-24.9	28	19.2	13.2-27.1	61	36.9	29.1-45.4	48	27.3	20.5-35.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	17	13.6	7.7-23.0	29	32.6	20.2-48.0	43	27.2	19.0-37.3	40	26.6	17.7-37.9
Some College +	126	15	15.8	6.0-35.7	28	23.4	15.4-33.8	57	41.9	31.0-53.6	26	18.9	12.2-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	20	11.3	6.5-18.9	31	35.1	22.9-49.6	49	28.2	20.1-38.1	44	25.4	17.3-35.5
$50,000+	74	7	9.3	4.2-19.3	20	23.4	14.6-35.3	35	47.0	34.6-59.9	12	20.3	10.7-35.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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