BRFSS 2007 - Cabarrus County: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.92 and the NC tax recently increased to $0.35.<br> How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes, above the current 35 cents, would you be willing to support if a considerable portion<br > of the money raised was used to fund smoking prevention programs for our youth<br> and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

Tobacco Use Prevention

States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.92 and the NC tax recently increased to $0.35.
How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes, above the current 35 cents, would you be willing to support if a considerable portion
of the money raised was used to fund smoking 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	5,609	668	12.4	11.2-13.8	1,272	23.9	22.2-25.7	1,806	33.0	31.1-35.0	1,863	30.7	28.9-32.5
-Cabarrus County	140	17	13.9	8.0-22.9	29	28.2	18.1-41.1	48	30.5	22.1-40.5	46	27.4	19.0-37.6
GENDER
Male	48	5	13.1	4.8-31.2	8	25.5	10.8-49.1	13	25.6	13.8-42.6	22	35.7	20.9-53.8
Female	92	12	14.4	7.8-25.2	21	30.4	18.5-45.6	35	34.5	23.9-46.9	24	20.6	12.4-32.3
RACE
White	115	16	19.6	11.5-31.5	22	19.8	11.8-31.4	40	35.0	25.3-46.1	37	25.5	17.6-35.4
Other	25	1	2.2	0.3-14.8	7	45.2	22.9-69.6	8	21.5	9.4-42.1	9	31.1	14.1-55.4
AGE
18-44	51	8	13.5	6.5-25.8	14	38.5	22.8-57.0	19	30.2	18.3-45.5	10	17.9	8.5-33.8
45+	88	9	14.5	6.3-30.2	15	14.8	8.4-25.0	28	30.4	20.5-42.6	36	40.2	28.2-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	4	10.9	3.5-28.9	13	29.0	14.0-50.6	16	22.5	12.2-37.7	25	37.6	22.5-55.6
Some College +	82	13	16.4	9.1-27.7	16	27.6	15.8-43.5	32	37.4	26.0-50.5	21	18.6	11.5-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	64	6	13.5	5.3-30.4	15	28.9	14.3-49.7	18	21.8	12.2-36.0	25	35.8	21.5-53.2
$50,000+	59	9	13.0	6.5-24.4	11	26.6	13.8-45.2	24	40.5	26.8-55.8	15	19.9	11.4-32.3

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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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