BRFSS 2006 - Cabarrus 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 <br> was used to fund smoki ng prevention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

Tobacco Use Prevention (Asked January--June Only)

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 smokin g prevention 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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,118	801	13.7	12.4-15.0	1,349	23.4	21.9-24.9	1,870	31.5	29.8-33.2	2,098	31.5	29.9-33.1
-Cabarrus County	152	26	17.4	10.9-26.5	40	26.1	17.2-37.6	43	31.9	23.0-42.3	43	24.6	16.5-35.0
GENDER
Male	49	7	12.7	5.5-26.7	14	25.5	13.6-42.7	19	41.2	26.0-58.3	9	20.6	9.0-40.4
Female	103	19	21.3	12.2-34.5	26	26.6	14.9-42.9	24	24.1	15.2-36.1	34	27.9	18.2-40.2
RACE
White	130	22	16.2	9.9-25.4	33	25.5	15.7-38.4	38	32.2	22.7-43.4	37	26.2	17.0-37.9
Other	22	4	22.7	6.8-54.1	7	29.1	11.6-56.3	5	30.6	11.6-59.9	6	17.5	6.2-40.7
AGE
18-44	47	10	20.0	10.0-35.9	13	28.7	14.6-48.5	16	31.0	18.0-48.0	8	20.3	9.1-39.4
45+	105	16	14.4	8.4-23.6	27	23.1	15.7-32.7	27	32.9	22.9-44.7	35	29.6	20.9-40.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	6	9.5	3.6-23.1	16	28.6	13.8-49.9	19	27.4	15.9-43.0	23	34.5	20.1-52.5
Some College +	88	20	23.8	14.2-36.9	24	24.1	15.3-35.9	24	35.6	23.8-49.4	20	16.5	9.2-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	14	14.9	7.7-26.8	20	22.5	12.6-36.9	22	30.2	18.6-45.1	26	32.4	19.7-48.3
$50,000+	55	9	17.1	8.5-31.4	16	24.3	13.8-39.1	19	42.3	27.8-58.3	11	16.3	7.5-31.8

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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.

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