BRFSS 2006 - Davidson 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: Davidson 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
-Davidson County	159	23	12.5	7.9-19.3	36	21.7	15.0-30.4	33	25.0	17.2-34.8	67	40.8	31.6-50.6
GENDER
Male	70	8	10.6	5.0-21.1	12	20.2	10.6-35.1	15	24.1	13.7-38.9	35	45.0	32.1-58.7
Female	89	15	14.5	8.0-24.8	24	23.2	15.1-34.1	18	25.9	15.4-40.0	32	36.4	23.9-51.2
RACE
White	140	21	14.2	8.9-22.0	32	21.9	14.9-30.9	27	22.1	14.7-31.8	60	41.8	32.7-51.5
Other	19	2	3.8	0.8-15.8	4	20.8	5.9-52.4	6	39.9	14.8-71.7	7	35.6	10.9-71.3
AGE
18-44	56	9	12.9	6.1-25.0	12	20.1	10.4-35.3	13	27.6	15.4-44.4	22	39.4	25.1-55.9
45+	101	14	12.6	7.2-21.0	23	22.9	15.1-33.1	20	22.9	14.7-33.9	44	41.6	31.6-52.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	82	12	13.8	7.2-24.8	17	18.2	10.4-30.0	13	19.7	10.4-34.2	40	48.2	34.6-62.2
Some College +	77	11	11.0	5.7-20.3	19	25.7	15.6-39.3	20	31.0	19.6-45.2	27	32.3	21.7-45.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	15	12.5	7.0-21.1	18	22.0	12.8-35.2	17	25.8	15.3-40.1	42	39.7	28.6-52.1
$50,000+	48	7	13.8	6.1-28.4	16	27.7	16.6-42.3	12	25.6	14.0-42.0	13	33.0	19.6-49.8

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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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