BRFSS 2006 - Orange 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: Orange 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
-Orange County	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
GENDER
Male	55	6	14.9	5.5-34.7	14	24.6	12.7-42.2	28	50.9	34.5-67.1	7	9.6	4.1-20.8
Female	105	10	7.7	3.8-15.2	23	26.1	16.4-38.9	55	49.8	38.0-61.6	17	16.4	8.4-29.6
RACE
White	137	13	8.8	4.6-16.4	29	23.3	14.7-34.8	74	53.0	42.3-63.5	21	14.9	8.5-24.9
Other	23	3	21.1	4.6-59.6	8	34.7	15.1-61.4	9	38.5	16.1-67.1	3	5.8	1.6-19.2
AGE
18-44	59	7	12.4	4.7-29.1	15	28.6	16.4-45.1	33	50.8	35.3-66.0	4	8.2	2.3-25.1
45+	101	9	9.4	4.1-20.1	22	21.0	13.7-31.0	50	49.7	39.0-60.4	20	19.9	12.6-30.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	6	10.1	3.8-24.0	9	31.5	14.1-56.1	10	32.0	15.0-55.6	12	26.5	11.9-49.0
Some College +	122	10	11.6	4.9-25.0	27	22.9	14.9-33.4	73	57.7	46.2-68.3	12	7.9	4.0-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	53	9	14.8	6.6-30.0	12	22.8	11.5-40.2	22	45.0	28.4-62.8	10	17.3	7.2-36.0
$50,000+	93	6	9.5	2.7-28.2	21	25.8	15.0-40.7	54	53.6	40.0-66.6	12	11.1	5.6-20.9

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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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