BRFSS 2006 - Cumberland 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: Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	176	28	15.4	9.4-24.1	36	22.0	15.4-30.3	51	28.0	20.6-36.7	61	34.7	26.3-44.2
GENDER
Male	56	9	18.0	7.9-35.8	8	16.9	8.2-31.6	16	26.5	15.1-42.1	23	38.6	24.3-55.3
Female	120	19	13.3	8.0-21.3	28	26.1	17.8-36.7	35	29.2	20.7-39.4	38	31.4	22.6-41.9
RACE
White	99	16	17.1	8.5-31.2	22	21.2	13.2-32.1	30	31.5	21.1-44.1	31	30.3	19.6-43.6
Other	77	12	13.4	6.9-24.5	14	22.9	13.2-36.7	21	23.9	14.7-36.4	30	39.8	27.6-53.5
AGE
18-44	78	10	15.1	7.2-29.2	16	20.9	12.4-32.9	28	33.0	22.2-45.9	24	31.0	19.8-45.0
45+	96	18	16.2	9.6-26.0	20	24.2	15.2-36.3	22	20.0	12.7-30.0	36	39.6	28.8-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	70	12	24.0	12.1-42.1	12	16.3	8.7-28.6	18	22.2	12.7-35.8	28	37.4	24.3-52.8
Some College +	106	16	9.5	5.6-15.9	24	25.8	16.8-37.4	33	31.9	22.1-43.6	33	32.8	22.5-45.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	96	16	14.2	7.9-24.3	21	24.8	15.6-37.2	27	23.4	15.4-33.8	32	37.6	25.7-51.1
$50,000+	54	9	11.2	5.5-21.6	13	27.2	15.4-43.5	16	34.6	20.8-51.5	16	27.0	15.9-41.8

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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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