BRFSS 2006 - Johnston 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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	177	17	7.1	4.1-12.1	35	27.7	17.4-41.1	49	28.1	19.0-39.5	76	37.1	27.1-48.3
GENDER
Male	74	8	7.5	3.4-15.9	11	24.2	11.6-43.6	19	26.8	14.4-44.4	36	41.5	26.5-58.2
Female	103	9	6.6	3.2-13.2	24	32.0	17.4-51.2	30	29.7	18.1-44.8	40	31.7	20.7-45.2
RACE
White	139	15	9.4	5.2-16.4	29	32.9	20.0-49.0	34	23.0	13.6-36.3	61	34.7	24.7-46.2
Other	36	2	2.8	0.6-12.2	6	18.4	6.1-43.8	14	36.9	19.0-59.4	14	41.8	21.8-65.0
AGE
18-44	81	8	6.7	3.1-14.0	21	34.4	19.8-52.8	27	33.5	20.3-49.9	25	25.3	14.7-40.0
45+	95	9	7.9	3.8-15.6	14	15.7	8.4-27.5	22	18.6	11.6-28.5	50	57.8	44.3-70.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	7	4.0	1.7- 9.3	18	33.7	18.1-53.9	21	24.7	13.7-40.5	42	37.6	23.4-54.1
Some College +	88	10	11.3	5.7-21.2	17	19.9	11.6-32.1	28	32.9	19.6-49.6	33	35.9	23.5-50.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	85	7	5.7	2.4-12.9	16	24.4	11.8-43.6	23	31.9	18.2-49.6	39	38.0	24.2-54.1
$50,000+	73	8	12.0	5.7-23.3	17	27.0	16.8-40.3	23	27.6	18.0-39.7	25	33.5	22.0-47.3

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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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