BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	282	40	17.4	11.0-26.5	70	24.1	18.4-30.9	71	27.5	21.0-35.1	101	30.9	24.7-37.9
GENDER
Male	101	14	17.3	7.4-35.2	32	28.3	18.8-40.2	21	26.2	16.1-39.6	34	28.2	19.1-39.5
Female	181	26	17.6	11.5-25.9	38	19.9	14.2-27.2	50	28.8	21.9-36.9	67	33.7	26.1-42.2
RACE
White	137	20	20.2	9.8-36.9	44	29.5	20.6-40.4	34	25.2	16.3-36.8	39	25.1	17.3-35.1
Other	142	20	14.9	9.1-23.5	26	19.1	12.4-28.1	35	29.5	20.9-39.8	61	36.5	27.7-46.3
AGE
18-44	84	11	21.0	9.2-41.2	26	26.9	17.0-39.9	24	27.4	17.2-40.7	23	24.6	15.3-37.1
45+	197	29	14.9	10.1-21.4	44	22.3	16.1-29.9	47	27.7	20.0-37.1	77	35.1	27.7-43.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	25	21.2	11.6-35.7	36	20.3	13.5-29.5	36	25.6	16.9-36.9	67	32.8	24.3-42.5
Some College +	118	15	12.2	7.1-20.1	34	29.3	20.7-39.7	35	30.1	21.6-40.1	34	28.4	19.8-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	24	17.3	8.9-30.8	52	27.1	19.5-36.3	43	25.9	17.8-36.1	68	29.7	22.3-38.4
$50,000+	54	11	18.7	10.0-32.4	13	20.3	11.4-33.3	19	34.1	22.0-48.8	11	26.9	14.6-44.1

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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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	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
-Northeast Partnership I	282	40	17.4	11.0-26.5	70	24.1	18.4-30.9	71	27.5	21.0-35.1	101	30.9	24.7-37.9
GENDER
Male	101	14	17.3	7.4-35.2	32	28.3	18.8-40.2	21	26.2	16.1-39.6	34	28.2	19.1-39.5
Female	181	26	17.6	11.5-25.9	38	19.9	14.2-27.2	50	28.8	21.9-36.9	67	33.7	26.1-42.2
RACE
White	137	20	20.2	9.8-36.9	44	29.5	20.6-40.4	34	25.2	16.3-36.8	39	25.1	17.3-35.1
Other	142	20	14.9	9.1-23.5	26	19.1	12.4-28.1	35	29.5	20.9-39.8	61	36.5	27.7-46.3
AGE
18-44	84	11	21.0	9.2-41.2	26	26.9	17.0-39.9	24	27.4	17.2-40.7	23	24.6	15.3-37.1
45+	197	29	14.9	10.1-21.4	44	22.3	16.1-29.9	47	27.7	20.0-37.1	77	35.1	27.7-43.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	164	25	21.2	11.6-35.7	36	20.3	13.5-29.5	36	25.6	16.9-36.9	67	32.8	24.3-42.5
Some College +	118	15	12.2	7.1-20.1	34	29.3	20.7-39.7	35	30.1	21.6-40.1	34	28.4	19.8-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	24	17.3	8.9-30.8	52	27.1	19.5-36.3	43	25.9	17.8-36.1	68	29.7	22.3-38.4
$50,000+	54	11	18.7	10.0-32.4	13	20.3	11.4-33.3	19	34.1	22.0-48.8	11	26.9	14.6-44.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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