BRFSS 2006 - Iredell 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: Iredell 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
-Iredell County	165	22	12.8	7.9-20.1	36	28.5	19.1-40.2	53	29.8	20.8-40.7	54	28.9	21.0-38.4
GENDER
Male	64	10	14.4	7.2-26.7	14	29.2	15.5-48.2	18	28.6	15.5-46.6	22	27.9	16.7-42.7
Female	101	12	10.6	5.8-18.7	22	27.5	18.1-39.4	35	31.5	22.5-42.1	32	30.3	21.2-41.3
RACE
White	136	20	14.4	8.6-23.2	30	29.4	18.7-43.0	46	31.3	21.0-43.8	40	24.9	17.0-34.9
Other	26	1	2.1	0.3-13.7	6	26.5	11.1-51.0	6	24.4	9.6-49.6	13	47.0	26.0-69.2
AGE
18-44	59	10	13.5	6.5-25.8	14	30.9	16.6-50.1	15	27.0	13.9-45.8	20	28.7	17.1-44.1
45+	103	12	12.2	6.6-21.4	22	26.2	17.1-37.9	38	34.1	24.6-45.1	31	27.5	18.9-38.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	7	6.8	2.3-18.4	16	21.5	12.3-34.9	23	34.5	20.5-51.9	33	37.1	24.5-51.9
Some College +	86	15	18.8	10.9-30.4	20	35.6	21.2-53.2	30	25.0	16.2-36.7	21	20.6	12.4-32.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	84	8	8.8	3.5-20.7	22	30.9	19.7-44.8	24	27.8	17.3-41.5	30	32.5	21.3-46.0
$50,000+	53	11	21.3	11.4-36.1	10	24.0	11.1-44.3	18	25.9	15.2-40.4	14	28.9	16.6-45.5

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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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