BRFSS 2006 - Durham 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: Durham 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
-Durham County	155	22	17.7	9.4-30.8	27	16.5	10.7-24.7	72	48.7	38.5-58.9	34	17.1	11.5-24.7
GENDER
Male	59	10	25.3	11.1-47.9	9	14.8	7.0-28.8	30	44.7	29.4-61.0	10	15.2	7.4-28.7
Female	96	12	10.3	5.4-18.8	18	18.2	10.9-28.7	42	52.5	40.8-64.0	24	19.0	12.2-28.4
RACE
White	93	16	23.3	10.6-43.9	13	10.8	5.9-18.8	44	48.7	34.7-62.9	20	17.2	10.1-27.7
Other	61	6	11.7	4.5-27.2	14	23.4	13.2-38.1	27	47.5	33.3-62.1	14	17.4	9.3-30.1
AGE
18-44	70	13	22.8	10.9-41.5	10	14.2	7.1-26.1	37	50.5	36.1-64.8	10	12.5	6.2-23.5
45+	80	8	7.9	3.5-17.2	16	20.9	12.6-32.4	35	48.2	36.1-60.4	21	23.0	14.8-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	8	13.7	6.1-27.9	9	23.7	12.0-41.3	17	43.9	28.0-61.2	12	18.8	9.5-33.6
Some College +	109	14	19.9	8.9-38.9	18	12.6	7.5-20.3	55	51.3	38.4-64.1	22	16.2	9.8-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	75	12	12.1	6.1-22.8	12	16.6	8.6-29.6	37	56.4	42.7-69.2	14	14.8	7.8-26.4
$50,000+	61	9	26.8	11.1-51.7	12	15.6	8.3-27.6	29	45.4	29.3-62.4	11	12.2	6.2-22.7

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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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