BRFSS 2006 - Randolph 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: Randolph 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
-Randolph County	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
GENDER
Male	57	8	27.4	10.8-54.0	8	19.4	8.4-39.0	15	19.2	9.9-34.0	26	33.9	20.1-51.2
Female	96	9	10.0	4.4-21.1	29	32.4	21.4-45.8	26	26.9	17.6-38.9	32	30.6	20.8-42.5
RACE
White	139	16	20.4	9.7-37.8	33	25.5	16.5-37.3	36	20.6	13.8-29.8	54	33.5	23.9-44.5
Other	14	1	4.7	0.6-28.1	4	30.3	9.1-65.5	5	41.5	16.8-71.5	4	23.4	8.0-51.8
AGE
18-44	55	7	24.2	9.8-48.3	13	28.0	15.3-45.7	17	22.7	12.8-36.8	18	25.1	14.5-39.8
45+	98	10	10.1	5.1-18.9	24	23.2	15.3-33.6	24	23.9	15.4-35.2	40	42.8	31.9-54.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	12	22.2	9.2-44.3	21	23.8	13.7-38.2	22	18.8	10.9-30.6	40	35.2	23.5-49.0
Some College +	58	5	11.4	4.1-28.1	16	30.5	16.8-48.7	19	31.6	19.3-47.1	18	26.5	15.7-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	87	12	26.5	11.4-50.1	19	21.4	11.7-35.9	23	21.2	12.1-34.5	33	30.9	19.6-45.1
$50,000+	46	4	10.4	3.1-29.5	13	28.1	14.3-47.6	14	28.8	16.3-45.7	15	32.8	18.6-50.9

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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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