BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	279	45	16.8	11.6-23.6	63	23.5	17.5-30.7	92	31.8	25.6-38.7	79	27.9	21.7-35.1
GENDER
Male	103	16	15.7	8.4-27.7	21	22.9	13.9-35.2	35	32.2	22.7-43.4	31	29.2	19.6-41.1
Female	176	29	17.9	12.0-26.0	42	24.2	17.5-32.4	57	31.5	24.3-39.6	48	26.5	19.8-34.4
RACE
White	171	24	12.7	8.3-18.9	44	25.2	18.6-33.2	58	34.8	27.1-43.3	45	27.4	20.4-35.7
Other	108	21	21.1	12.3-33.7	19	21.7	12.5-35.0	34	28.8	19.7-40.0	34	28.4	18.8-40.6
AGE
18-44	82	19	22.8	13.3-36.1	15	18.5	10.4-30.6	30	34.8	24.0-47.4	18	24.0	14.0-38.0
45+	196	26	12.6	7.7-20.0	47	26.8	19.1-36.3	62	29.8	22.9-37.8	61	30.7	23.6-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	172	29	18.0	11.4-27.1	33	21.2	13.8-31.0	51	30.3	22.6-39.3	59	30.6	23.1-39.2
Some College +	107	16	14.6	7.7-26.2	30	27.7	18.6-39.0	41	34.6	24.8-46.0	20	23.1	13.2-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	175	34	21.1	13.8-31.0	41	25.0	17.1-35.1	52	27.4	20.2-36.0	48	26.4	19.2-35.2
$50,000+	69	7	7.4	3.3-15.6	16	24.7	14.8-38.3	30	43.8	31.3-57.1	16	24.1	14.8-36.8

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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 II	279	45	16.8	11.6-23.6	63	23.5	17.5-30.7	92	31.8	25.6-38.7	79	27.9	21.7-35.1
GENDER
Male	103	16	15.7	8.4-27.7	21	22.9	13.9-35.2	35	32.2	22.7-43.4	31	29.2	19.6-41.1
Female	176	29	17.9	12.0-26.0	42	24.2	17.5-32.4	57	31.5	24.3-39.6	48	26.5	19.8-34.4
RACE
White	171	24	12.7	8.3-18.9	44	25.2	18.6-33.2	58	34.8	27.1-43.3	45	27.4	20.4-35.7
Other	108	21	21.1	12.3-33.7	19	21.7	12.5-35.0	34	28.8	19.7-40.0	34	28.4	18.8-40.6
AGE
18-44	82	19	22.8	13.3-36.1	15	18.5	10.4-30.6	30	34.8	24.0-47.4	18	24.0	14.0-38.0
45+	196	26	12.6	7.7-20.0	47	26.8	19.1-36.3	62	29.8	22.9-37.8	61	30.7	23.6-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	172	29	18.0	11.4-27.1	33	21.2	13.8-31.0	51	30.3	22.6-39.3	59	30.6	23.1-39.2
Some College +	107	16	14.6	7.7-26.2	30	27.7	18.6-39.0	41	34.6	24.8-46.0	20	23.1	13.2-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	175	34	21.1	13.8-31.0	41	25.0	17.1-35.1	52	27.4	20.2-36.0	48	26.4	19.2-35.2
$50,000+	69	7	7.4	3.3-15.6	16	24.7	14.8-38.3	30	43.8	31.3-57.1	16	24.1	14.8-36.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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