BRFSS 2006 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Rich./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
GENDER
Male	82	13	20.1	10.3-35.5	20	24.1	14.4-37.4	21	23.0	13.3-36.8	28	32.9	20.7-47.9
Female	138	15	12.7	6.4-23.6	29	17.9	11.6-26.6	39	29.4	19.4-41.8	55	40.1	30.1-51.0
RACE
White	150	22	19.5	11.3-31.4	30	21.1	13.8-30.9	41	27.4	18.9-37.9	57	32.0	23.9-41.3
Other	69	6	11.0	3.9-27.4	19	20.9	11.5-34.9	18	23.4	11.4-42.0	26	44.7	28.4-62.2
AGE
18-44	75	10	18.7	9.0-35.0	18	23.9	14.1-37.5	22	25.5	14.2-41.5	25	31.9	19.5-47.4
45+	142	18	14.0	8.3-22.7	30	17.7	12.0-25.2	38	27.3	19.8-36.4	56	41.0	32.1-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	17	20.1	10.7-34.5	18	15.3	8.3-26.4	27	24.8	14.4-39.2	47	39.8	27.5-53.5
Some College +	111	11	11.1	5.9-20.0	31	29.1	20.1-40.0	33	28.1	19.8-38.1	36	31.8	23.1-42.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	134	18	20.5	11.2-34.3	30	21.3	13.7-31.6	29	16.9	11.0-25.0	57	41.4	30.9-52.6
$50,000+	59	8	14.3	6.8-27.6	14	23.2	12.8-38.4	24	44.5	28.9-61.3	13	18.0	9.9-30.5

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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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