BRFSS 2006 - Wake 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: Wake 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
-Wake County	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
GENDER
Male	80	11	19.3	10.3-33.3	16	14.0	8.0-23.2	34	42.1	30.5-54.8	19	24.5	15.1-37.2
Female	150	14	8.8	5.0-15.1	52	36.8	28.5-45.9	57	36.9	28.8-45.7	27	17.5	11.4-25.9
RACE
White	162	16	14.4	8.0-24.4	55	28.7	21.7-36.8	63	37.5	29.2-46.5	28	19.5	12.8-28.6
Other	65	8	11.2	5.4-21.8	12	20.9	11.7-34.4	27	43.5	30.6-57.4	18	24.4	14.6-37.9
AGE
18-44	101	15	17.9	10.2-29.4	29	24.5	16.9-34.2	39	36.9	27.1-47.8	18	20.7	12.7-31.8
45+	129	10	7.7	4.1-14.3	39	28.6	20.7-38.0	52	42.8	33.6-52.6	28	20.9	14.1-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	40	5	8.6	3.4-20.3	9	26.8	14.0-45.3	11	28.6	15.4-46.7	15	36.0	21.2-54.0
Some College +	190	20	14.7	8.9-23.2	59	26.1	19.9-33.4	80	41.4	33.5-49.7	31	17.9	11.9-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	91	13	18.5	9.3-33.4	21	21.0	12.8-32.5	36	40.9	29.2-53.7	21	19.6	11.8-30.6
$50,000+	114	12	13.0	7.1-22.8	40	28.9	21.0-38.2	50	42.6	32.9-52.9	12	15.5	8.6-26.6

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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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