BRFSS 2006 - Forsyth 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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	163	23	15.1	9.3-23.7	30	18.8	12.4-27.5	40	27.9	19.0-39.0	70	38.1	29.3-47.9
GENDER
Male	71	14	20.0	10.8-33.9	11	13.7	6.8-25.7	17	29.2	16.2-46.7	29	37.1	24.5-51.8
Female	92	9	8.6	4.2-16.6	19	25.7	15.7-39.0	23	26.3	17.2-38.0	41	39.5	28.8-51.3
RACE
White	117	18	17.3	9.9-28.7	23	18.0	10.9-28.1	27	25.9	15.4-40.2	49	38.7	27.9-50.9
Other	46	5	10.3	3.8-24.9	7	20.7	9.6-39.1	13	32.2	18.0-50.8	21	36.8	22.9-53.4
AGE
18-44	55	8	14.8	6.7-29.7	10	18.6	9.4-33.6	17	32.2	18.1-50.6	20	34.3	21.3-50.3
45+	108	15	15.4	8.8-25.8	20	19.1	11.9-29.0	23	23.2	15.1-33.8	50	42.3	32.3-53.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	66	9	14.9	6.7-29.9	12	20.4	10.1-36.9	9	23.4	9.3-47.5	36	41.3	26.8-57.4
Some College +	96	14	15.3	8.2-27.0	18	17.9	10.7-28.6	31	31.1	21.1-43.4	33	35.6	24.7-48.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	13	22.6	11.4-40.0	11	15.4	7.7-28.4	16	35.0	18.9-55.5	27	26.9	16.4-40.9
$50,000+	63	9	13.3	6.6-24.9	11	17.4	8.9-31.3	20	27.3	16.9-40.9	23	42.0	28.3-57.2

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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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