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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-MALES

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,583 509 13.7 12.3-15.3 743 21.8 20.0-23.8 1,271 36.7 34.6-38.9 1,060 27.7 25.8-29.7
RACE
White 2,826 408 14.5 12.8-16.3 599 22.5 20.4-24.8 972 34.2 31.9-36.6 847 28.8 26.6-31.1
African American 519 68 12.5 9.3-16.8 102 21.3 16.5-27.0 184 38.1 32.8-43.6 165 28.1 23.7-33.0
Asian 26 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 7 21.5 9.1-42.9 17 70.0 48.1-85.4 1 5.3 0.7-29.6
Native American 67 17 20.9 12.1-33.6 11 16.3 7.9-30.8 19 30.5 19.3-44.6 20 32.3 20.4-47.1
Other Minorities 137 13 6.3 3.5-11.2 22 16.5 10.0-26.0 78 61.0 50.3-70.8 24 16.2 9.5-26.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 205 19 7.0 4.1-11.9 24 10.9 6.7-17.4 134 71.1 63.1-78.1 28 10.9 6.7-17.3
-English Speaking 54 8 18.5 8.1-36.9 6 12.9 5.2-28.9 24 44.3 29.1-60.7 16 24.2 14.0-38.6
-Spanish Speaking 151 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3 18 10.5 5.9-18.0 110 77.4 68.3-84.5 12 7.8 3.6-15.8
Non-Hispanic 3,376 490 14.5 13.0-16.1 719 23.0 21.0-25.1 1,137 33.0 31.0-35.1 1,030 29.5 27.5-31.6
AGE
18-24 186 25 12.0 7.7-18.4 49 29.7 21.9-38.8 66 34.6 26.9-43.3 46 23.6 16.9-32.0
25-34 506 78 15.2 11.8-19.5 100 19.7 15.8-24.2 220 43.3 38.3-48.5 108 21.8 17.8-26.3
35-44 691 99 13.2 10.5-16.3 127 18.1 15.0-21.7 262 39.7 35.4-44.2 203 29.0 25.2-33.1
45-54 737 98 13.0 10.4-16.2 158 21.8 18.3-25.8 244 33.7 29.6-38.1 237 31.4 27.5-35.6
55-64 679 88 13.2 10.3-16.8 148 23.5 19.8-27.6 227 33.4 29.3-37.8 216 29.9 26.1-34.1
65-74 463 71 15.8 12.4-20.1 94 20.3 16.4-24.8 153 33.7 28.9-38.9 145 30.2 25.5-35.3
75+ 309 50 16.1 12.0-21.3 66 21.7 16.9-27.5 95 28.6 23.2-34.7 98 33.5 27.3-40.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 543 78 11.9 9.1-15.6 90 18.2 13.4-24.3 159 35.6 29.8-42.0 216 34.2 28.5-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,039 171 15.6 12.9-18.7 202 21.1 17.6-25.1 323 32.6 28.8-36.6 343 30.7 27.3-34.4
Some Post-H.S. 786 113 14.7 11.5-18.5 153 21.5 17.7-25.8 262 32.4 28.3-36.8 258 31.4 27.3-35.8
College Graduate 1,208 147 12.3 10.2-14.7 297 24.7 21.9-27.8 524 44.4 41.0-47.9 240 18.6 16.1-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 49 12.0 8.4-16.7 50 16.4 11.1-23.5 104 37.7 30.5-45.5 128 34.0 27.4-41.2
$15,000- 24,999 574 88 13.2 10.0-17.1 119 20.6 16.3-25.6 193 40.9 35.2-46.8 174 25.4 21.1-30.3
$25,000- 34,999 460 72 16.1 11.9-21.3 87 20.2 15.1-26.4 147 33.8 28.3-39.8 154 30.0 24.9-35.6
$35,000- 49,999 547 87 14.9 11.5-19.2 115 23.7 18.6-29.8 193 35.5 30.4-40.9 152 25.8 21.5-30.7
$50,000-74,999 589 84 12.1 9.3-15.7 141 25.4 21.0-30.3 213 33.3 28.7-38.3 151 29.1 24.1-34.7
$75,000+ 711 88 14.1 11.1-17.8 163 23.5 19.8-27.6 308 41.2 36.9-45.7 152 21.2 17.8-25.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,081 157 13.9 11.4-16.9 212 21.8 18.5-25.5 345 33.6 29.8-37.5 367 30.7 27.3-34.3
No 2,485 350 13.7 12.0-15.5 529 21.9 19.7-24.3 916 37.5 35.0-40.0 690 26.9 24.7-29.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,207 182 15.6 13.1-18.4 239 21.4 18.3-24.9 406 31.8 28.6-35.1 380 31.2 28.0-34.7
Non-Veteran 2,374 327 13.1 11.4-14.9 504 22.0 19.7-24.4 865 38.5 35.9-41.1 678 26.5 24.2-28.9

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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.

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