BRFSS 2006 - Pitt 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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	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
GENDER
Male	46	4	7.2	2.4-19.8	10	17.3	8.7-31.3	12	26.7	15.2-42.4	20	48.8	33.2-64.8
Female	107	15	12.9	7.4-21.6	27	29.2	19.6-41.1	17	13.0	7.8-21.0	48	44.9	33.7-56.6
RACE
White	102	13	12.5	6.9-21.4	24	24.0	15.4-35.4	23	20.6	13.2-30.6	42	43.0	31.7-55.1
Other	51	6	6.5	2.4-16.4	13	24.7	13.7-40.2	6	14.9	6.3-31.3	26	53.9	37.7-69.3
AGE
18-44	66	5	7.4	3.0-17.2	24	30.9	20.0-44.4	12	15.5	8.5-26.6	25	46.2	32.8-60.2
45+	87	14	15.1	8.5-25.4	13	14.4	8.3-23.8	17	23.4	14.3-36.0	43	47.0	35.6-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	55	7	7.6	3.1-17.3	14	25.9	14.6-41.6	5	9.5	3.5-23.3	29	57.0	41.2-71.5
Some College +	98	12	12.1	6.5-21.2	23	23.3	14.9-34.6	24	23.6	15.4-34.3	39	41.0	29.7-53.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	80	7	4.2	1.9- 9.1	20	25.3	15.9-37.8	8	11.2	5.3-22.1	45	59.3	46.3-71.1
$50,000+	51	11	21.6	11.7-36.6	8	12.1	5.7-24.0	18	32.6	20.1-48.2	14	33.6	19.4-51.5

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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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