BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (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: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	171	24	22.2	12.9-35.3	46	27.1	19.1-37.0	40	23.5	15.4-34.1	61	27.2	20.1-35.7
Buncombe	134	12	9.2	4.8-16.8	37	31.1	21.7-42.3	44	30.2	21.6-40.5	41	29.5	20.8-40.0
Cabarrus	152	26	17.4	10.9-26.5	40	26.1	17.2-37.6	43	31.9	23.0-42.3	43	24.6	16.5-35.0
Catawba	176	24	11.9	6.6-20.6	35	16.0	10.6-23.6	54	41.2	29.9-53.5	63	30.9	21.7-41.9
Cumberland	176	28	15.4	9.4-24.1	36	22.0	15.4-30.3	51	28.0	20.6-36.7	61	34.7	26.3-44.2
Davidson	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
Durham	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
Forsyth	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
Gaston	146	17	9.9	5.8-16.6	32	28.2	18.5-40.4	49	32.1	23.4-42.2	48	29.8	20.9-40.6
Guilford	169	21	11.5	7.1-18.0	36	21.4	14.8-29.7	52	28.7	21.4-37.2	60	38.5	29.4-48.5
Iredell	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
Johnston	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
Mecklenburg	291	26	9.5	4.9-17.8	70	23.2	16.7-31.4	114	39.9	31.8-48.6	81	27.3	20.9-34.7
New Hanover	163	20	12.7	8.0-19.6	40	28.1	19.8-38.2	67	39.2	30.8-48.4	36	20.0	13.9-27.8
Onslow	170	23	13.7	7.5-23.7	21	14.4	8.7-22.9	58	31.1	22.9-40.7	68	40.8	31.1-51.3
Orange	160	16	11.1	5.6-20.9	37	25.4	17.3-35.7	83	50.3	40.2-60.3	24	13.2	7.7-21.6
Pitt	153	19	10.5	6.3-17.0	37	24.2	17.1-33.1	29	18.7	12.7-26.8	68	46.5	37.1-56.2
Randolph	153	17	18.5	8.9-34.5	37	26.1	17.4-37.2	41	23.2	15.9-32.4	58	32.2	23.5-42.4
Robeson	147	25	16.6	10.0-26.4	27	25.4	14.7-40.3	40	28.9	20.3-39.4	55	29.1	20.8-39.0
Rowan	184	26	14.3	9.2-21.5	47	28.8	21.0-38.0	44	25.4	17.8-34.8	67	31.6	24.3-39.8
Union	164	12	5.4	2.8-10.2	47	26.1	18.9-34.8	58	38.3	29.3-48.1	47	30.3	22.3-39.7
Wake	230	25	13.7	8.7-21.0	68	26.2	20.5-32.9	91	39.3	32.3-46.9	46	20.8	15.0-28.0
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	153	21	15.7	8.4-27.6	42	26.6	18.5-36.6	42	33.6	23.8-45.0	48	24.2	17.4-32.5
Northeast Partnership II***	200	22	13.4	7.9-21.8	33	17.6	10.7-27.7	62	30.4	22.1-40.2	83	38.6	30.2-47.8
Northeast Partnership I***	177	24	10.5	6.7-16.1	29	18.1	12.0-26.4	34	22.5	15.5-31.4	90	48.9	39.9-57.8
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	160	24	14.9	9.6-22.6	24	16.6	10.5-25.2	49	31.4	23.0-41.1	63	37.1	28.4-46.8
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	192	27	14.3	8.7-22.5	35	14.7	9.9-21.3	66	38.2	28.8-48.7	64	32.7	24.4-42.3
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	170	25	13.5	8.7-20.3	36	25.1	17.8-34.3	48	25.6	19.0-33.5	61	35.8	27.8-44.6
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	159	28	16.4	10.6-24.5	29	16.6	11.0-24.3	32	23.8	15.7-34.3	70	43.2	33.2-53.9
Chatham/Lee/Moore	165	27	20.0	13.1-29.4	38	22.8	15.4-32.3	59	33.0	25.2-41.9	41	24.2	17.6-32.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	220	28	16.4	10.1-25.5	49	21.0	14.9-28.7	60	26.2	18.8-35.2	83	36.5	28.3-45.6
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	171	23	14.5	9.3-22.0	30	18.1	12.5-25.5	40	25.8	18.2-35.3	78	41.6	33.4-50.2
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	169	20	12.0	7.1-19.6	42	32.7	23.6-43.2	54	27.8	20.3-36.8	53	27.6	20.5-36.0
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	207	35	17.3	11.6-25.0	50	31.1	22.8-40.8	52	22.7	16.1-31.1	70	28.9	22.0-36.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	217	29	12.2	7.8-18.5	55	28.6	21.1-37.5	67	29.3	21.4-38.8	66	29.9	22.3-38.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	426	50	11.2	7.8-15.9	82	22.7	17.2-29.4	110	27.2	21.8-33.4	184	38.8	33.1-44.9
No	5,692	751	13.8	12.5-15.2	1,267	23.4	21.9-25.0	1,760	31.7	30.0-33.5	1,914	31.0	29.4-32.7
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	2,049	270	13.3	11.3-15.7	398	20.5	18.1-23.0	603	30.9	27.9-34.0	778	35.4	32.5-38.3
Piedmont	3,424	445	13.8	12.1-15.6	788	23.5	21.5-25.6	1,076	32.7	30.5-35.0	1,115	30.0	28.0-32.2
Western NC	645	86	14.0	10.8-17.8	163	29.4	24.8-34.4	191	27.4	22.9-32.4	205	29.3	24.9-34.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	351	41	11.2	7.8-15.9	92	29.4	23.3-36.3	111	29.6	23.4-36.7	107	29.8	23.7-36.6
Northwest	1,248	173	14.1	11.7-16.9	272	23.6	20.4-27.0	335	28.5	25.0-32.4	468	33.8	30.5-37.3
Charlotte	920	103	11.8	8.7-15.8	230	25.9	21.7-30.7	310	34.1	29.6-39.0	277	28.1	24.2-32.4
Greensboro	817	109	16.1	12.6-20.3	190	23.0	19.2-27.1	262	28.3	24.4-32.6	256	32.6	28.1-37.5
Southern Regional	622	92	15.0	11.5-19.4	128	20.4	16.4-25.1	183	32.0	26.4-38.1	219	32.6	27.5-38.1
Coastal	324	44	12.6	9.1-17.2	76	27.5	21.5-34.4	110	29.8	24.3-35.9	94	30.1	24.3-36.6
Wake	793	105	13.8	10.4-18.0	173	23.4	19.8-27.6	270	37.8	33.4-42.5	245	24.9	21.2-29.1
Area L	262	35	14.3	9.4-21.0	43	15.6	11.3-21.3	74	30.9	23.9-39.0	110	39.2	31.9-46.9
Eastern	781	99	13.5	9.9-18.1	145	18.9	15.4-23.1	215	29.4	24.9-34.5	322	38.1	33.5-43.0

Total
Respond.^

<$0.25-$0.49

$0.50-$1.00

>$1.00

No tax

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

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

171

22.2

12.9-35.3

27.1

19.1-37.0

23.5

15.4-34.1

27.2

20.1-35.7

Buncombe

134

9.2

4.8-16.8

31.1

21.7-42.3

30.2

21.6-40.5

29.5

20.8-40.0

Cabarrus

152

17.4

10.9-26.5

26.1

17.2-37.6

31.9

23.0-42.3

24.6

16.5-35.0

Catawba

176

11.9

6.6-20.6

16.0

10.6-23.6

41.2

29.9-53.5

30.9

21.7-41.9

Cumberland

176

15.4

9.4-24.1

22.0

15.4-30.3

28.0

20.6-36.7

34.7

26.3-44.2

Davidson

159

12.5

7.9-19.3

21.7

15.0-30.4

25.0

17.2-34.8

40.8

31.6-50.6

Durham

155

17.7

9.4-30.8

16.5

10.7-24.7

48.7

38.5-58.9

17.1

11.5-24.7

Forsyth

163

15.1

9.3-23.7

18.8

12.4-27.5

27.9

19.0-39.0

38.1

29.3-47.9

Gaston

146

9.9

5.8-16.6

28.2

18.5-40.4

32.1

23.4-42.2

29.8

20.9-40.6

Guilford

169

11.5

7.1-18.0

21.4

14.8-29.7

28.7

21.4-37.2

38.5

29.4-48.5

Iredell

165

12.8

7.9-20.1

28.5

19.1-40.2

29.8

20.8-40.7

28.9

21.0-38.4

Johnston

177

7.1

4.1-12.1

27.7

17.4-41.1

28.1

19.0-39.5

37.1

27.1-48.3

Mecklenburg

291

9.5

4.9-17.8

23.2

16.7-31.4

114

39.9

31.8-48.6

27.3

20.9-34.7

New Hanover

163

12.7

8.0-19.6

28.1

19.8-38.2

39.2

30.8-48.4

20.0

13.9-27.8

Onslow

170

13.7

7.5-23.7

14.4

8.7-22.9

31.1

22.9-40.7

40.8

31.1-51.3

Orange

160

11.1

5.6-20.9

25.4

17.3-35.7

50.3

40.2-60.3

13.2

7.7-21.6

Pitt

153

10.5

6.3-17.0

24.2

17.1-33.1

18.7

12.7-26.8

46.5

37.1-56.2

Randolph

153

18.5

8.9-34.5

26.1

17.4-37.2

23.2

15.9-32.4

32.2

23.5-42.4

Robeson

147

16.6

10.0-26.4

25.4

14.7-40.3

28.9

20.3-39.4

29.1

20.8-39.0

Rowan

184

14.3

9.2-21.5

28.8

21.0-38.0

25.4

17.8-34.8

31.6

24.3-39.8

Union

164

5.4

2.8-10.2

26.1

18.9-34.8

38.3

29.3-48.1

30.3

22.3-39.7

Wake

230

13.7

8.7-21.0

26.2

20.5-32.9

39.3

32.3-46.9

20.8

15.0-28.0

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

153

15.7

8.4-27.6

26.6

18.5-36.6

33.6

23.8-45.0

24.2

17.4-32.5

Northeast Partnership II***

200

13.4

7.9-21.8

17.6

10.7-27.7

30.4

22.1-40.2

38.6

30.2-47.8

Northeast Partnership I***

177

10.5

6.7-16.1

18.1

12.0-26.4

22.5

15.5-31.4

48.9

39.9-57.8

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

160

14.9

9.6-22.6

16.6

10.5-25.2

31.4

23.0-41.1

37.1

28.4-46.8

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

192

14.3

8.7-22.5

14.7

9.9-21.3

38.2

28.8-48.7

32.7

24.4-42.3

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

170

13.5

8.7-20.3

25.1

17.8-34.3

25.6

19.0-33.5

35.8

27.8-44.6

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

159

16.4

10.6-24.5

16.6

11.0-24.3

23.8

15.7-34.3

43.2

33.2-53.9

Chatham/Lee/Moore

165

20.0

13.1-29.4

22.8

15.4-32.3

33.0

25.2-41.9

24.2

17.6-32.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

220

16.4

10.1-25.5

21.0

14.9-28.7

26.2

18.8-35.2

36.5

28.3-45.6

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

171

14.5

9.3-22.0

18.1

12.5-25.5

25.8

18.2-35.3

41.6

33.4-50.2

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

169

12.0

7.1-19.6

32.7

23.6-43.2

27.8

20.3-36.8

27.6

20.5-36.0

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

207

17.3

11.6-25.0

31.1

22.8-40.8

22.7

16.1-31.1

28.9

22.0-36.9

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

217

12.2

7.8-18.5

28.6

21.1-37.5

29.3

21.4-38.8

29.9

22.3-38.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

426

11.2

7.8-15.9

22.7

17.2-29.4

110

27.2

21.8-33.4

184

38.8

33.1-44.9

5,692

751

13.8

12.5-15.2

1,267

23.4

21.9-25.0

1,760

31.7

30.0-33.5

1,914

31.0

29.4-32.7

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

2,049

270

13.3

11.3-15.7

398

20.5

18.1-23.0

603

30.9

27.9-34.0

778

35.4

32.5-38.3

Piedmont

3,424

445

13.8

12.1-15.6

788

23.5

21.5-25.6

1,076

32.7

30.5-35.0

1,115

30.0

28.0-32.2

Western NC

645

14.0

10.8-17.8

163

29.4

24.8-34.4

191

27.4

22.9-32.4

205

29.3

24.9-34.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

351

11.2

7.8-15.9

29.4

23.3-36.3

111

29.6

23.4-36.7

107

29.8

23.7-36.6

Northwest

1,248

173

14.1

11.7-16.9

272

23.6

20.4-27.0

335

28.5

25.0-32.4

468

33.8

30.5-37.3

Charlotte

920

103

11.8

8.7-15.8

230

25.9

21.7-30.7

310

34.1

29.6-39.0

277

28.1

24.2-32.4

Greensboro

817

109

16.1

12.6-20.3

190

23.0

19.2-27.1

262

28.3

24.4-32.6

256

32.6

28.1-37.5

Southern Regional

622

15.0

11.5-19.4

128

20.4

16.4-25.1

183

32.0

26.4-38.1

219

32.6

27.5-38.1

Coastal

324

12.6

9.1-17.2

27.5

21.5-34.4

110

29.8

24.3-35.9

30.1

24.3-36.6

Wake

793

105

13.8

10.4-18.0

173

23.4

19.8-27.6

270

37.8

33.4-42.5

245

24.9

21.2-29.1

Area L

262

14.3

9.4-21.0

15.6

11.3-21.3

30.9

23.9-39.0

110

39.2

31.9-46.9

Eastern

781

13.5

9.9-18.1

145

18.9

15.4-23.1

215

29.4

24.9-34.5

322

38.1

33.5-43.0

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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