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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

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
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
-Orange County 259 24 11.4 5.7-21.5 68 27.4 21.2-34.7 128 48.4 40.7-56.1 39 12.8 8.8-18.3
GENDER
Male 103 7 6.1 2.6-13.8 26 29.9 20.4-41.3 50 47.5 36.9-58.3 20 16.6 10.1-26.0
Female 156 17 16.8 7.0-35.1 42 25.0 17.7-34.0 78 49.3 38.3-60.3 19 9.0 5.3-14.8
RACE
White 230 21 12.0 5.8-23.2 57 24.8 18.7-32.1 117 49.6 41.4-57.8 35 13.6 9.2-19.6
Other 27 3 6.1 1.7-19.6 10 50.0 26.9-73.1 11 38.6 19.2-62.5 3 5.2 1.5-16.5
AGE
18-44 106 8 13.4 4.8-32.4 31 30.7 21.1-42.4 56 46.5 35.0-58.4 11 9.4 4.7-17.9
45+ 151 16 9.1 5.3-15.0 37 24.0 17.3-32.4 71 50.4 41.4-59.3 27 16.5 10.9-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 6 13.7 5.3-30.9 19 46.7 29.7-64.6 8 12.2 5.2-25.9 14 27.4 15.1-44.5
Some College + 211 18 10.9 4.6-23.7 49 23.0 17.0-30.4 120 57.2 48.0-65.9 24 8.9 5.4-14.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 10 16.3 5.0-41.9 29 33.5 21.6-48.0 36 37.8 25.3-52.2 17 12.3 7.0-20.8
$50,000+ 130 11 8.9 4.6-16.5 30 22.6 15.5-31.7 77 57.8 48.0-67.1 12 10.7 5.5-19.8

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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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